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It sounds like the right answer the next time VCs complain about startup salaries is to ask how much the partners at their lawyers' firms take home. Total comp
by cperciva 7y ago
It sounds like the right answer the next time VCs complain about startup salaries is to ask how much the partners at their lawyers' firms take home. Total compensation in the millions per year is pretty nuts, even if it does take ten years to get there.
Mind you, I think some of the salaries software developers get paid are nuts too. I don't feel like I'm worth $300k/year, but I hear plenty of stories of people getting more than that...
- harryh 7y agocharge more
- danjayh 7y agoCurious - what do the people making > 300k/year do? According to GlassDoor, even in San Francisco you have to be a director or VP to get that. Even Software Architects seem to be in the $150-$250k range, and that tends to be a high-paying post on the technical side.
- cstejerean 7y agoSoftware engineers. But that’s $300k+ total comp, cash + bonus + stock, with a good chunk of that being stock not salary. Base salary of $300k or more is a different story.
- patio11 7y agoGlassdoor is not presenting correct data; AppAmaGooBookSoft pay $300k+ at the “career level” for software developers, counting base, bonus, and one year worth of their equity grants. Every engineer who is not fired will eventually reach career level.
- wikibob 7y agoSalaries of $300,000 are common among the top companies, at 1-2 promotions above entry level. See https://www.levels.fyi/charts.html https://www.levels.fyi/charts.html