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> Where are the places you'll make $125k+ in the US? A) Silicon Valley and NYC, which are huge outliers in terms of COL; B) HFT; C) Very senior/staff/principal
by xienze 6y ago
> Where are the places you'll make $125k+ in the US? A) Silicon Valley and NYC, which are huge outliers in terms of COL; B) HFT; C) Very senior/staff/principal engineers or architects at large tech-centric firms, and you're going to need a lot of domain expertise
You are very misinformed. Regular old senior/principal developers at boring old companies can pull 125K+ salary all day long in places like NC, GA, etc. In SV it’s more like 300K+ (in total compensation).
- pc86 6y agoThat's what I said? Principal devs will make that regardless of location if they have the requisite domain expertise (which is usually required for the principal slots).