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I think the $500k example is misleading. At that level of seniority, your open source work isn't your primary qualification. What the author is pointing to is

I think the $500k example is misleading. At that level of seniority, your open source work isn't your primary qualification. What the author is pointing to is the $250k dev who just 2 years back was struggling to land a $90k job.

iaw 10y ago
Two years out of college programmers are making that much in total comp at Facebook and Google. If there's no equity component, $500K is actually in the ballpark.
- kzisme 10y ago
  Do you have any data or source of this?
  - iaw 10y ago
    There are a couple documents floating around detailing software engineer pay at Facebook and Google. If you do the math on their equity grants, with the past stock growth, you can reach the same figure.