Okay, so you have 2 options to make dollar money as an engineer: Google & Facebook. Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon pay well, but 10-20% less for the same level.

Okay, so you have 2 options to make dollar money as an engineer: Google & Facebook. Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon pay well, but 10-20% less for the same level. There's a handful of others that will pay about 20-40% less. The average startup is paying 40-70% less. And, sure, you'll always run into some startup that's paying one or two engineers a million dollars. Stephon Marbury made more money when he left the NBA to play in China. Doesn't mean the average player can or does. Anyone making league average in the NBA could play in Europe or China for 40-70% less. Not sure what the difference is...