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I think Google pays a lot of its "tech professionals" a huge salary – it's just easier to break out and analyse for a single unit like DeepMind.

samdoidge 7y ago
As much as this article suggests? > Either way, the implication is that DeepMind pays an average of at least £478,— (U.S. $581,000) per head.
- o10449366 7y ago
  Averages are a generally poor salary metric. The median would be much more revealing and interesting.
  - disgruntledphd2 7y ago
    And in general, stock-based compensation significantly skews the numbers, such that they are rarely reflective of what people get in their pay-packets each month.
    - bpicolo 7y ago
      Stock-based compensation for a public company with a good track record of growth and stability is not much different than cash, it's just on a different timer than 2x/month. It should skew the numbers.
  - samdoidge 7y ago
    I completely agree, but this looks like all we have to go on.
tootie 7y ago
An anecdote from Reddit on a guy earning >$500k https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/cdp9yz/another_data_point_on_industry_hire_in_the_bay/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/cdp9yz/a...
- blaser-waffle 7y ago
  From the link: "I interviewed at Airbnb, Facebook, Lyft, Uber, and 3 other companies. I received offers from Facebook, Lyft, Uber, and 2 other companies. First year total compensation ranged from 380k~500k from both public and private companies, 2nd year comp was around 400k for most of them. The offer numbers correlated with my interview performance, and from my research, it seems like some companies offer standardized offers to every candidate. Surprisingly the private companies did not beat out the public companies in equity package. Breakdown was around 180~210 base, 500~800 equity, and 0~100 sign-on." [emphasis added]

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I think Google pays a lot of its "tech professionals" a huge salary – it's just easier to break out and analyse for a single unit like DeepMind.

by danpalmer 7y ago

samdoidge 7y ago
As much as this article suggests? > Either way, the implication is that DeepMind pays an average of at least £478,— (U.S. $581,000) per head.
- o10449366 7y ago
  Averages are a generally poor salary metric. The median would be much more revealing and interesting.
  - disgruntledphd2 7y ago
    And in general, stock-based compensation significantly skews the numbers, such that they are rarely reflective of what people get in their pay-packets each month.
    - bpicolo 7y ago
      Stock-based compensation for a public company with a good track record of growth and stability is not much different than cash, it's just on a different timer than 2x/month. It should skew the numbers.
  - samdoidge 7y ago
    I completely agree, but this looks like all we have to go on.
tootie 7y ago
An anecdote from Reddit on a guy earning >$500k https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/cdp9yz/another_data_point_on_industry_hire_in_the_bay/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/cdp9yz/a...
- blaser-waffle 7y ago
  From the link: "I interviewed at Airbnb, Facebook, Lyft, Uber, and 3 other companies. I received offers from Facebook, Lyft, Uber, and 2 other companies. First year total compensation ranged from 380k~500k from both public and private companies, 2nd year comp was around 400k for most of them. The offer numbers correlated with my interview performance, and from my research, it seems like some companies offer standardized offers to every candidate. Surprisingly the private companies did not beat out the public companies in equity package. Breakdown was around 180~210 base, 500~800 equity, and 0~100 sign-on." [emphasis added]