If anything, I have reason to suspect my Netflix friends might be on the lower end of software engineers there based on some things I've been told & their roles

If anything, I have reason to suspect my Netflix friends might be on the lower end of software engineers there based on some things I've been told & their roles in particular. They really do pay incredibly well. That said, that is total comp - they give you mostly cash by default and you can choose to allocate some of your cash comp into stock if you want.