6 ms·
For Google, that's entry level (L3). L4 (between fresh graduate and senior) makes $250k TC. L4 is ~2 years out of school.
by fnbr 7y ago
For 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.