Depends highly on where they are, but Bay Area engineering compensation (salary, bonus, stock) is indeed 200-400k. As others have mentioned, there are other cos

Depends highly on where they are, but Bay Area engineering compensation (salary, bonus, stock) is indeed 200-400k. As others have mentioned, there are other costs such as insurance, 401k, etc, but yeah software engineering salaries are very high and if you want top talent, you need to be competitive with FAANG.