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But... why are you excluding the top 5% of companies? That seems like it's precisely the answer to this question, there are several large companies with enginee
by thurn 6y ago
But... why are you excluding the top 5% of companies? That seems like it's precisely the answer to this question, there are several large companies with engineers in Berlin that pay in this range. levels.fyi shows numerous data points of L5 engineers at Amazon's Berlin office getting
~€110,000 for example.
- mamon 6y agoI would guess that GP doesn't feel qualified... Earning a shitload of money once you've joined FAANG is the easy part, hard part is getting hired by FAANG in the first place.
- ingvul 6y agoI guess it's because not everybody can work at the top 5% of companies. Not only because the entry level is higher than on average companies... it's also a question of physics: the top 5% of companies cannot hire 100% of the pool of developers. So, the vast majority of developers out there (including HN) will never work for a top 5% company.