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Ah, it looks like you used the wrong operator! Which one do you think will subtract from her health (instead of adding to it) in your take_damage function?
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Software developers in the US earn over $100,000 per year
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$170,000
Site Reliability Engineer
$166,500
Cloud Engineer
$165,000
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$160,000
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$150,000
DevOps Specialist
$145,000
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$135,000
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$100,000
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