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Ooh $350k, about what it costs them to hire one software engineer for a year
by a13n 10y ago
Ooh $350k, about what it costs them to hire one software engineer for a year
- chrischen 10y ago4 engineers at Amazon's pay rate.
- djsumdog 10y ago4? In Seattle? No way, unless they're at a satellite office. Senior devs go for $130 ~ $180 in Washington (plus all the taxes and benefits; lower if you contract). For $350k they'd get 2, maybe 3 tops. If you're taking low level interns, yea, they could probably get 6 ~ 8.
- praccu 10y agoUh, at Amazon, junior devs go for around $120 if they don't negotiate well. Interns, last I checked, were close to $80. If you fold in the TCO (benefits, computer / chair / licenses, etc.) for a senior engineer, the $350 isn't too far off.
- chrischen 10y agoI know full time devs there who were getting under $100k, granted this was 2-3 years ago.
- JOnAgain 10y agoI read "4" as a joke about Amazon paying poorly (when compared to Facebook and Google)
- a13n 10y agoPlus equity, health insurance, benefits, office space for them, equipment, food, taxes, blah blah blah $350k.
- a13n 10y agoWhat a senior dev gets paid !== what a senior dev costs
- notmything 10y agoTypical small minded HN user, the cost of an employee does not begin and end with salary.
- drizzzler 10y agoor about a minute of revenue