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Those numbers seem low. 90th percentile for computer science shows under 5 million which if we assume a 40 year career and even pay throughout one's career (to

by mrep 9y ago

Those numbers seem low. 90th percentile for computer science shows under 5 million which if we assume a 40 year career and even pay throughout one's career (to make it easy), they would make under $125,000 a year. Fresh new grads at big companies make more than that and they employ a lot of people.

pc86 9y ago
> Fresh new grads at big companies make more than that and they employ a lot of people. "A lot" <> {everyone,the majority,a plurality,a statistically significant number} $125/yr average for programmers across the US sounds just about right. I live in a low COL area where new grads are lucky to hit $55k/yr. I make less than $125k as a team lead with direct reports and budgetary responsibilities, and my boss' boss (the director of our profit center) is somewhere in the $150-165k range. Sounds bad compared to $400k total comp at Netflix, but my mortgage is $900/mo, I have a yard, and I pay next to nothing (comparatively) in taxes.
- mrep 9y ago
  I would expect more than 10% and its not just the valley that is paying that. Most other major cities are hitting that (although usually not quite as much as the valley). I would not expect groupon which is in chicago to be in the top 10% of salary and they are paying average over that (also, glassdoor salaries are usually low from what I have seen): https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Groupon-Software-Engineer-Salaries-E301291_D_KO8,25.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Groupon-Software-Engineer-S...
tfmatt 9y ago
I assume you aren't taking into account location.
- mrep 9y ago
  yeah, because the article didn't either
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emodendroket 9y ago
Honestly, I think places like this skew your idea of what's "normal" income for an engineer. I got on Stack Overflow and tried their salary calculator and I was pretty surprised at how low the values were.

by mrep 9y ago

pc86 9y ago

> Fresh new grads at big companies make more than that and they employ a lot of people. "A lot" <> {everyone,the majority,a plurality,a statistically significant number} $125/yr average for programmers across the US sounds just about right. I live in a low COL area where new grads are lucky to hit $55k/yr. I make less than $125k as a team lead with direct reports and budgetary responsibilities, and my boss' boss (the director of our profit center) is somewhere in the $150-165k range. Sounds bad compared to $400k total comp at Netflix, but my mortgage is $900/mo, I have a yard, and I pay next to nothing (comparatively) in taxes.

mrep 9y ago
I would expect more than 10% and its not just the valley that is paying that. Most other major cities are hitting that (although usually not quite as much as the valley). I would not expect groupon which is in chicago to be in the top 10% of salary and they are paying average over that (also, glassdoor salaries are usually low from what I have seen): https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Groupon-Software-Engineer-Salaries-E301291_D_KO8,25.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Groupon-Software-Engineer-S...

tfmatt 9y ago

I assume you aren't taking into account location.

mrep 9y ago
yeah, because the article didn't either

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emodendroket 9y ago

Honestly, I think places like this skew your idea of what's "normal" income for an engineer. I got on Stack Overflow and tried their salary calculator and I was pretty surprised at how low the values were.