See Dan Luu's post about working for big corps: http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ He describes a boundary around $250k

See Dan Luu's post about working for big corps: http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ He describes a boundary around $250k at "senior", and to get above it you'd need to become some kind of principal/lead.