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160k total comp is still pretty early days, though. A senior engineer at Google will end up making about 250-300k. A staff engineer 300-400k. I have heard it ca
by obstinate 10y ago
160k total comp is still pretty early days, though. A senior engineer at Google will end up making about 250-300k. A staff engineer 300-400k. I have heard it can be far higher in the case of a highly valued specialty, or high leadership potential. It will be very difficult to ever command a salary like this as a programmer in the midwest.
- froindt 10y agoYou know, there may be a serious upside to living in the valley as a software developer if you stay there long enough. You're right about salaries in the Midwest never reaching that high. I'm not a developer, but it seems like it's a good gig if you've been there for a number of years. It seems like it would be difficult to get by for non-tech workers, either requiring a really long commute for a somewhat reasonable rent/mortgage or putting a huge percent of take-home pay into housing. Roughly how many years would it take to get to senior engineer or staff engineer?
- obstinate 10y agoIt took me I wanna say three years to reach senior and six to reach staff. This is uncommonly fast, but not way outside the ordinary distribution. I don't know what they're paying the kids these days, but I wouldn't be surprised if the entry level comp for a kid right out of school is topping out at $140k. The salaries at these levels don't start out at the top number. Like many other company, it is a band, so that you can continue receiving smaller raises for a few years after you are promoted.