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$100k after tax (including stock) is basically starting salary in the valley for 22-year-old college graduates at big companies.

• bakhy 11y ago
  well, a full answer to the question would also need the percentage of college graduates that land jobs in big companies in the valley... P.S. I don't think we'll get far with this... i just noticed, e.g., "median household income in the US" - that seems a tricky thing to compare with, given that many ppl in the US don't have health insurance, or live in trailer parks eating off food stamps...
  • aianus 11y ago
    I think almost all my (upper-year) classmates got offers to at least one of Amazon/Microsoft/Google/Facebook/Twitter/Palantir/Uber. And I went to a school in Canada that nobody's ever heard of (University of Waterloo).
    • zeveb 11y ago
      > And I went to a school in Canada that nobody's ever heard of (University of Waterloo). Erm, that's well-known as an excellent school. Top-tier, really. My only qualms about inviting in a Waterloo man for an interview would be that our work might not be interesting enough.
      • walshemj 11y ago
        What with one of Tommy Flowers colleagues moving there post ww2 :-) Read Cryptonmicon and you can work out who Randy's' family is based on
    • karambahh 11y ago
      From across the pond, I can tell you we do have heard of you. I don't follow the Shangai listings (because to me they are kinda pointless) but if pressed to list canadian universities, University of Waterloo would definitely be there....
    • justathrow2k 11y ago
      You do realize that Waterloo has a CS program that's highly regarded (internationally), yes?
      • aianus 11y ago
        Outside tech circles most people give me a blank stare or ask me if it's in England or in Belgium. It's certainly not an Ivy League school where my rich parents dropped $200k to ensure my spot in the upper class, like some of these commenters claim.
        • justathrow2k 11y ago
          For sure. Why you're getting my response, and others like it, is because well, this is a tech circle and we're talking about tech jobs, so in this context, it's certainly nowhere close to being a school no one has heard of. edit: Your original comment (paraphrased) was, 'I go to this school no one's heard of, but my classmate get offers to <top-tier tech companies>', but the reality of this is that all of these top-tier tech companies are without a doubt quite aware of Waterloo and it's quality. The same can't be said for, what, I don't know, Cleveland State University.
    • ececconi 11y ago
      Humblebrag by association.
• mtberatwork 11y ago
  SV salary levels are not the norm across the industry. Furthermore, these high salaries in places like SV are often displaced by the extreme cost of living.
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• VLM 11y ago
  Which brings us full circle back to the topic of the article such that its only children of rich parents who graduated from ivies, white "1% rock star programmer" males only, then you don't need the easy cash anyway.
  • justathrow2k 11y ago
    Children of rich parents come in all shapes, sizes, and colours, friend.