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I'm not sure what you're talking about. That's 420,000/y. That's no ordinary tech worker, or even most extraordinary ones. You're a C-suite executive if you're
by snoman 7y ago
I'm not sure what you're talking about. That's 420,000/y. That's no ordinary tech worker, or even most extraordinary ones. You're a C-suite executive if you're making that kind of money, even in a ridiculous CoL area like SF.
- mrep 7y agoL6 at Google pays $490,000 a year [0] and 90+ percent of first layer managers at GAFAM are L6 or above. While getting into GAFAM and becoming a manager isn't a stroll in the park, it definitely doesn't require you to be extraordinary. [0]: https://www.levels.fyi/salary/Google/ https://www.levels.fyi/salary/Google/
- CPLX 7y ago> it definitely doesn't require you to be extraordinary Yes, it does. Being in the top 1% is extraordinary. It’s a tautology, it’s not really arguable.
- mrep 7y agoIn the metric of income in relation to the entire US population, sure. In regards to the ordinary tech worker in a ridiculous CoL area like SF, no it definitely does not require you to be extraordinary to join one of the higher paying companies and work your way into management.
- CPLX 7y agoYou are correct that in a group of extraordinary people it is more common to find extraordinary people.