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180 is mid senior according to levels.fyi.
by citrablue 7y ago
180 is mid senior according to levels.fyi.
- fnbr 7y agoFor Google, that's entry level (L3). L4 (between fresh graduate and senior) makes $250k TC. L4 is ~2 years out of school.
- ttul 7y agoIt is pretty near impossible to beat that at a startup...
- echelon 7y agoRight. The big players have salary on lock down and small players can't compete on that front. You pretty much have to believe in your startup. It's a gamble.
- Bahamut 7y agoThat's why I'm at a big company now instead of startups, where I have most of my experience in my career (about 5 years). 2 years of working at a lower paying FAANG and I am getting ~$320k total compensation for a mid-level dev (granted, that is as a top performer) - that is double what my last job (startup) was paying me. I think I'm now on a road of buying a house in the Bay Area sometime down the line, whereas my previous years of working brought me no closer.
- lonelappde 7y agoThe startup can get you hired at bigcorp at a higher level than if you joined and crawled up the ladder. This is never mentioned when discussing comp comparisons.
- fnbr 7y agoYeah, but it's still a gamble. Unless you become a VP/Director it's tough to get to a sufficiently high level to make it worth it. It's rare, for instance, for someone from a start-up to come in as a Staff/Senior Staff engineer (L6/7).
- thorntonedgar 7y agoWhile this is great pay for many, it's not especially easy to get a job at Google or elsewhere in FAANGM, Many who aren't top engineers have the option of startups or a c list firm.
- lonelappde 7y agoL4 starts at 2-5 years out of school, and ends 5-30years out of school.
- mrep 7y agoFor salary sure, but it is 345 total comp and the stock is pretty much as good as cash considering it'll vest monthly and you can set it up to immediately autosell converting it to cash.