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Just look at the salary ranges for the various levels within FAANG companies. See http://levels.fyi http://levels.fyi In both the Bay Area and Seattle if compa
by permille42 6y ago
Just look at the salary ranges for the various levels within FAANG companies. See http://levels.fyi http://levels.fyi
In both the Bay Area and Seattle if companies don't at least attempt to get close to these numbers they will not be able to get the best engineers from these areas.
- blackrock 6y agoI’m aware of the anonymous salary ranges. I’m more interested in individual feedback here.
- permille42 6y agoAlright. I have around 20 years of experience in the industry. As far as levels go I'm between L6 and L7 Google level. I consider anything less than $170k/yr these days to be insulting, regardless of whether they are FAANG or not. My last 3 non-FAANG position have paid that much / more.
- alisonkisk 6y agoThat's about what senior government jobs pay.
- barry-cotter 6y agoThat’s less than FAANG entry level salary for Silicon Valley. L3 at Google. L6 make almost half a million a year in total compensation. > Google L3 TOTAL ESTIMATE $187,769 > L3 / T3 is the new grad software engineering role at Google https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google&track=Software%20Engineer https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google&track=Software%20Engi...
- chris11 6y agoAnd at higher levels equity becomes a bigger portion of comp. So you can get 100k+ in equity a year as a senior IC.
- permille42 6y agoYes I agreed that for my experience and ability I get paid badly. It is one of the reasons I am a rather bitter and angry person. On the other hand, I still make a lot of money compared to the majority of people. This is little consolation though after devoting so much time and effort in my life to what I do. Hence I hate pretty much every engineer I come into contact with these days. A huge number of them make as much or more than I do, and have 1/3 the experience and knowledge.