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I can corroborate this. 250k is very, very attainable.

eecks 11y ago
Just in the states? What about in Europe? FB, Google and others have headquarters in Dublin. I don't think they pay anything like that, do they?
- loopbit 11y ago
  I live in Dublin, don't work for Google but I have many friends that do (as well as in London and Zurich). No, they don't pay anything close to that. Actually, AFAIK, in Dublin the salary that Google pays for developers is on the low side of the scale (they offset that, in part, with all the benefits like free food and the rest).
  - eecks 11y ago
    That's what I thought. I'm in Dublin too but not in google/fb/etc
  - LoSboccacc 11y ago
    Dublin is in a weird situation. Loads of immigrant here. I lived there couple years and worked in one of those big corps. Salaries do go quite up a while but statistics on the corporate ladder are stacked firmly against immigrants, the higher you go the less chance you have to find non local people. With soft career ceiling and continuous influx of people salaries are driven down. You can still make a fine living, but nothing compared to the colleagues on the other side of the ocean.
- lisivka 11y ago
  $80K is top of the top developer salary I heard of in Ukraine. My own salary is $55K. With $250K, I can hire team to work instead of me. :-)
  - ldarcyftw 11y ago
    Don't forget that those 250k are pre-taxes, and salary in Ukraine is usually quoted after tax afaik.
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- gutnor 11y ago
  Does not appear to be the case in London. I know indirectly people working in Google around here and they are on the low side of banking salaries. Getting $250K is certainly doable in bank, but it does not follow a specific career plan. I have known senior system tester making 150K GBP and for the same job and responsibilities another was making 50K GBP. Doing it in 5 years out of school is difficult in tech. It is doable without too much trouble in finance in trading, m&a, ... the trick is that you need to survive which require more luck than skills. Overall though, in the 4.5 million workers in London, only 120K make between 100K GBP and 200K GBP, and 60K that make more than that.
- crucifiction 11y ago
  For a BigCo the Dublin pay is going to be roughly 50-70% of the US pay for the same job.
  - eecks 11y ago
    Do you base this on something?
    - crucifiction 11y ago
      I am a hiring manager at a big software company and have worked at others in similar capacity. I have seen salary data for my employees in both Dublin and the US.

eecks 11y ago

Just in the states? What about in Europe? FB, Google and others have headquarters in Dublin. I don't think they pay anything like that, do they?

loopbit 11y ago
I live in Dublin, don't work for Google but I have many friends that do (as well as in London and Zurich). No, they don't pay anything close to that. Actually, AFAIK, in Dublin the salary that Google pays for developers is on the low side of the scale (they offset that, in part, with all the benefits like free food and the rest).
- eecks 11y ago
  That's what I thought. I'm in Dublin too but not in google/fb/etc
- LoSboccacc 11y ago
  Dublin is in a weird situation. Loads of immigrant here. I lived there couple years and worked in one of those big corps. Salaries do go quite up a while but statistics on the corporate ladder are stacked firmly against immigrants, the higher you go the less chance you have to find non local people. With soft career ceiling and continuous influx of people salaries are driven down. You can still make a fine living, but nothing compared to the colleagues on the other side of the ocean.
lisivka 11y ago
$80K is top of the top developer salary I heard of in Ukraine. My own salary is $55K. With $250K, I can hire team to work instead of me. :-)
- ldarcyftw 11y ago
  Don't forget that those 250k are pre-taxes, and salary in Ukraine is usually quoted after tax afaik.
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gutnor 11y ago
Does not appear to be the case in London. I know indirectly people working in Google around here and they are on the low side of banking salaries. Getting $250K is certainly doable in bank, but it does not follow a specific career plan. I have known senior system tester making 150K GBP and for the same job and responsibilities another was making 50K GBP. Doing it in 5 years out of school is difficult in tech. It is doable without too much trouble in finance in trading, m&a, ... the trick is that you need to survive which require more luck than skills. Overall though, in the 4.5 million workers in London, only 120K make between 100K GBP and 200K GBP, and 60K that make more than that.
crucifiction 11y ago
For a BigCo the Dublin pay is going to be roughly 50-70% of the US pay for the same job.
- eecks 11y ago
  Do you base this on something?
  - crucifiction 11y ago
    I am a hiring manager at a big software company and have worked at others in similar capacity. I have seen salary data for my employees in both Dublin and the US.