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What is the delta between a wall-street programmer salary and Toyko programmer salary? I think it is 5x or 10x last time I checked...

hkmurakami 10y ago
Ya generally speaking a new grad programmer is doing great if he/she makes $50k/yr. Engineers that'd get $300k comp offers from big5 tech here would make $80k--$150k, provided you go to a web/mobile company. If you go to an older industry you will make less.
- YorkianTones 10y ago
  Who gets $300k comp offers? Principal engineers?
  - vkou 10y ago
    You can hit $300K (All-in) as a senior engineer at Google. Various finance firms on the east coast can also send recruiting e-mails, touting their >400K comp. I think the key to that one is having work experience in an investment bank, as well as at AMAPGOFA.
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    - ForHackernews 10y ago
      > AMAPGOFA ?
      - dgemm 10y ago
        Amazon Apple Google Facebook
        vinceguidry 10y ago
        I prefer AmaGooFaceSoft, rolls off the tongue better.
coldtea 10y ago
Well, not all Manhattan residents are "wall street programmers".
- sandworm101 10y ago
  Really? My TV tells me they are all waitresses, songwriters and lawyers living in a magical world of coffee shops and art galleries.
  - lacampbell 10y ago
    I was always impressed with the huge spacious apartments people working low paying jobs could get. I guess Friends wouldn't have been that uplifting if it was shot in Rosses' cramped, leaky studio apartment.
    - sandworm101 10y ago
      For all it was, Friends did spell out some Manhattan realities. The main set, the girl's apartment, was an illegal sublet of an older relative and therefore subject to rent control. Even characters in decent jobs shared apartments. Several had wealthy parents who lived outside the city. A couple of the female characters made no bones about how they wanted to date/marry rich men, often significantly older men. And I got a kick out of the story arch where the Chandler character, despite a reasonable job history and a degree, had to work as an unpaid intern. The visual dimensions were certainly a total fiction, but I got the impression that some of the writing staff wrote what they knew. That bit with the hanukkah armadillo and superman is still one of the funniest things I've seen on TV.
6t6t6t6 10y ago
In Tokyo, the salaries for developers range from $50K to $100K. In order to get the 10K, you need to be a senior developers and bilingual. All salaries include public Social Security.

hkmurakami 10y ago

Ya generally speaking a new grad programmer is doing great if he/she makes $50k/yr. Engineers that'd get $300k comp offers from big5 tech here would make $80k--$150k, provided you go to a web/mobile company. If you go to an older industry you will make less.

YorkianTones 10y ago
Who gets $300k comp offers? Principal engineers?
- vkou 10y ago
  You can hit $300K (All-in) as a senior engineer at Google. Various finance firms on the east coast can also send recruiting e-mails, touting their >400K comp. I think the key to that one is having work experience in an investment bank, as well as at AMAPGOFA.
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  - ForHackernews 10y ago
    > AMAPGOFA ?
    - dgemm 10y ago
      Amazon Apple Google Facebook
      - vinceguidry 10y ago
        I prefer AmaGooFaceSoft, rolls off the tongue better.

coldtea 10y ago

Well, not all Manhattan residents are "wall street programmers".

sandworm101 10y ago
Really? My TV tells me they are all waitresses, songwriters and lawyers living in a magical world of coffee shops and art galleries.
- lacampbell 10y ago
  I was always impressed with the huge spacious apartments people working low paying jobs could get. I guess Friends wouldn't have been that uplifting if it was shot in Rosses' cramped, leaky studio apartment.
  - sandworm101 10y ago
    For all it was, Friends did spell out some Manhattan realities. The main set, the girl's apartment, was an illegal sublet of an older relative and therefore subject to rent control. Even characters in decent jobs shared apartments. Several had wealthy parents who lived outside the city. A couple of the female characters made no bones about how they wanted to date/marry rich men, often significantly older men. And I got a kick out of the story arch where the Chandler character, despite a reasonable job history and a degree, had to work as an unpaid intern. The visual dimensions were certainly a total fiction, but I got the impression that some of the writing staff wrote what they knew. That bit with the hanukkah armadillo and superman is still one of the funniest things I've seen on TV.

6t6t6t6 10y ago

In Tokyo, the salaries for developers range from $50K to $100K. In order to get the 10K, you need to be a senior developers and bilingual. All salaries include public Social Security.