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Are people really making these salaries? I mean like mid-level, not god-tier type people. I don't know if I am stupid or just don't say the right things but ar
by madamelic 9y ago
Are people really making these salaries? I mean like mid-level, not god-tier type people.
I don't know if I am stupid or just don't say the right things but are there really mid-level devs not at huge companies making $160k a year? I mostly hang out at startups and it is normally around like 130k for a senior dev.
- qaq 9y ago"startups" is the keyword here
- user5994461 9y agoEmphasis. One MUST stop working for startups to make a living.
- matwood 9y agoDepends on the location, and not just because COLA. If you live in a big gov contracting area or somewhere with a lot of company offices (not necessarily tech), they will push up the salaries. I met a guy once who worked as a programmer at a local plant (steel or something), and between his high base salary and bonuses he made more than anyone else I had ever talked to in the area.
- kod 9y agoYes, absolutely, there are normal people at normal companies outside of the bay area making 160. If you're actually senior and are still making 130 you probably aren't negotiating.
- madamelic 9y agoI am not even making 130... ugh. (And I know others are)
- shoover 9y agoGood question. Indianapolis seems to have a thriving tech community, but the Glassdoor data for senior software engineer average base pay comes in a full 30k under your startup number: $99k (based on 1081 anonymous submissions). LinkedIn shows median $100k.
- sotojuan 9y agoAuthor lives in the Bay Area so he's using Bay Area salary numbers.
- shoover 9y agoI should have prefaced that my comment was initiated in light of one peer’s suggestion to get out of startups to make a living. The fact that salaries presumably at established companies in one region can come in well under startup salaries in the Bay Area highlights the generally understood regional differences even more.