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Still in VA? Is it typical for senior SWE to make 1.2 million? How can one reach that point faster?
by minhaz23 8y ago
Still in VA?
Is it typical for senior SWE to make 1.2 million?
How can one reach that point faster?
- salta2019 8y agoSays he moved to NorCal in 2005. I’d wager this is not typical, even for the Bay Area.
- throwaway031419 8y agoStaff Engineers at FAANG typically make 400-500k/pa. What made the difference was a retention grant. I got a competing offer and they gave me millions in stock, which I accepted and stayed. After I was fully vested, I basically got lucky and found another big company that had a department that was doing some pretty undisciplined hiring and brought me in at Senior Staff. I'm not really doing the job at that level, but they don't want me to leave, so we're in stasis. After the initial grant runs out this will stabilize at ~700k. I don't know how to repeat what I did. I think retention grants are rarer than they used to be. However, once you get to Staff, you have a lot of negotiating leverage. I received multiple offers with initial grants over 2 million. Build relationships, progress your career, get good at whiteboard interviews, and change jobs more often to make progress.
- bitcoinmoney 8y agoHow often you changed jobs? And what kind of work do you do?
- throwaway031419 8y agoI've only changed jobs three times. I should have changed a lot more. I do iOS dev these days.
- jonnycoder 8y agoAny advice on changing jobs faster in Cal but not bay area? For example, remote positions?
- minhaz23 8y agoDo you think it's possible and that your advice is still applicable if one doesn't have a degree? Is there a glass ceiling?