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That was not my experience at all. I didn't take a pay cut moving to a small company. My salary stayed about the same, I had similar benefits, and I got a lit
by foreigner 10y ago
That was not my experience at all. I didn't take a pay cut moving to a small company. My salary stayed about the same, I had similar benefits, and I got a little equity which a few years later was worth a nice bonus. Staying at a large company all you're going to get is the standard 3 to 5 percent cost of living increase every year.
Generally I do not think it's true that large companies pay better than small ones - if anything the opposite.
Re: moving to an expensive tech city, perhaps that might be an issue, but there are smaller companies in lots of places, not just Silicon Valley.
- akavi 10y ago> Generally I do not think it's true that large companies pay better than small ones - if anything the opposite. Anecdotal data point: I recently made the switch from startup to Megacorp, and my base salary remained the same, but my equity compensation went from being made of unicorn farts and fairy dust to something a little more real. Meaning if I stay the year, my total comp'll jump roughly 50%. And my base salary at the startup was pretty good compared to some of my friends working at smaller places.