There's always going to be someone who makes more than you - if you got a job at Facebook, would you be satisfied or would you then just look at someone who hit

There's always going to be someone who makes more than you - if you got a job at Facebook, would you be satisfied or would you then just look at someone who hit it big at a startup and wish you were making that kind of money? Your current gig is going to make your next gig easier. The FAANGs all seem to recruit each other's people if that's a thing you are interested in. Do you like the work you're doing? You might hate it if you moved. The grass is not always greener. I would also reconsider the idea that you're not at an elite company and these other peers are. I sincerely doubt the level of engineering is radically different among the big tech companies. Considering Google "elite" but not Amazon seems strange to me. As one anecdote, check out Steve Yegge's long blog posts about platforms - https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611 https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611 Also, check out levels.fyi. The gap might not be as big as you think it is. You may be overvaluing outliers. From looking at your other posts - in addition to other suggestions, you should probably avoid LinkedIn. Replace it with browsing this: https://twitter.com/BestofLinkedin https://twitter.com/BestofLinkedin Finally, do you have a mentor? Someone who you can talk to about this stuff, maybe someone outside your org?