3 ms·

I checked Blind and total compensation info is pretty much in the right ballpark (for my company and my partner's company). This must be a nightmare for HR, who

I checked Blind and total compensation info is pretty much in the right ballpark (for my company and my partner's company). This must be a nightmare for HR, who wants to hide that data as much as possible.

vonmoltke 8y ago
If Blind's TC information is accurate, I am criminally underpaid.
- hobls 8y ago
  Right?? Apparently everyone on blind is making $400k TC with four years of experience.
  - closeparen 8y ago
    They’re buying those $1.2m houses somehow; making 1/3rd the median price is a pretty tame explanation.
- mesozoic 8y ago
  It is accurate
- ummonk 8y ago
  I think it's accurate for people who get competing offers and negotiate.
  - vonmoltke 8y ago
    Considering my last job search resulted in most companies disqualifying themselves because they couldn't hit my very modest (per Blind) floor of $225k TC in NYC (16 YOE total, 10YOE SW). I feel like there are only three or four companies with highly competitive entry that could hit the numbers Blinders seem to think is normal.
    - maerF0x0 8y ago
      In my previous job searches I've noted that many startups are valuing their equity extremely high and trying to pay less cash instead. As a made up example to illustrated they may offer $120k cash, but give you a ton of options they claim are worth $200k per year. In a real case I had a recruiter tell me they were "getting me" $60k a year in options, which in reality has been more like $10k. I like https://tldroptions.io/ https://tldroptions.io/ to reality check the equity portions.
    - ummonk 8y ago
      There are like a dozen or so top companies that pay the top TC. This list is roughly accurate, though I question some of those being tier 1 (Jet, Splunk, Oracle, and Quora at the least seem to be off): https://www.teamblind.com/article/Compensation-Tiers-of-Companies-for-Tech-Jobs-Gn5NqzP0 https://www.teamblind.com/article/Compensation-Tiers-of-Comp... It's certainly true though that you can't get the kinds of top compensation numbers you see on Blind if you aren't good enough at Leetcode questions (and systems design questions) to get offers from multiple top companies.
goldenzun 8y ago
levels.fyi is also pretty good for TC, and they’ve got a great breakdown
zuhayeer 8y ago
Check out http://levels.fyi http://levels.fyi for TC info too
ebitdad 8y ago
echoing the two people above me, levels.fyi is sick for comp data + great viz

vonmoltke 8y ago

If Blind's TC information is accurate, I am criminally underpaid.

hobls 8y ago
Right?? Apparently everyone on blind is making $400k TC with four years of experience.
- closeparen 8y ago
  They’re buying those $1.2m houses somehow; making 1/3rd the median price is a pretty tame explanation.
mesozoic 8y ago
It is accurate
ummonk 8y ago
I think it's accurate for people who get competing offers and negotiate.
- vonmoltke 8y ago
  Considering my last job search resulted in most companies disqualifying themselves because they couldn't hit my very modest (per Blind) floor of $225k TC in NYC (16 YOE total, 10YOE SW). I feel like there are only three or four companies with highly competitive entry that could hit the numbers Blinders seem to think is normal.
  - maerF0x0 8y ago
    In my previous job searches I've noted that many startups are valuing their equity extremely high and trying to pay less cash instead. As a made up example to illustrated they may offer $120k cash, but give you a ton of options they claim are worth $200k per year. In a real case I had a recruiter tell me they were "getting me" $60k a year in options, which in reality has been more like $10k. I like https://tldroptions.io/ https://tldroptions.io/ to reality check the equity portions.
  - ummonk 8y ago
    There are like a dozen or so top companies that pay the top TC. This list is roughly accurate, though I question some of those being tier 1 (Jet, Splunk, Oracle, and Quora at the least seem to be off): https://www.teamblind.com/article/Compensation-Tiers-of-Companies-for-Tech-Jobs-Gn5NqzP0 https://www.teamblind.com/article/Compensation-Tiers-of-Comp... It's certainly true though that you can't get the kinds of top compensation numbers you see on Blind if you aren't good enough at Leetcode questions (and systems design questions) to get offers from multiple top companies.

goldenzun 8y ago

levels.fyi is also pretty good for TC, and they’ve got a great breakdown

zuhayeer 8y ago

Check out http://levels.fyi http://levels.fyi for TC info too

ebitdad 8y ago

echoing the two people above me, levels.fyi is sick for comp data + great viz