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That's great, but most FAANG eng make more than that by their 2nd or 3rd year. With 15 years of experience, they could be making at least 500k+. edit: for the

That's great, but most FAANG eng make more than that by their 2nd or 3rd year. With 15 years of experience, they could be making at least 500k+. edit: for the skeptical, this is what an L4 makes at Google[1], L4 is easily attainable within 3 years, pretty likely in 2 years, that's assuming you start at L3 (straight out of college or very little experience). 1: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engineer/L4/ https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi...

daniel-thompson 5y ago
Most FAANG eng in their 2nd or 3rd year are not FAANG anymore by their 15th year.
- wikibob 5y ago
  Interesting hypothesis. Where do you think they go? I’d say it might seem this way because of the hyper growth. Most people at FAANG haven’t been there long, because they haven’t been big that long.
  - xenihn 5y ago
    In my network: - early retirement - founding their own companies - landlording - teaching for fun/enjoyment/fulfillment, not because they need money Some have done all 4 of these.
- rawtxapp 5y ago
  I've had plenty of coworkers who've been at Google or Apple for longer than 15 years, but what I've seen is people will usually jump after 4 years for even more comp or go the startup route. So those FAANG salaries are like the lower bound for most. Of course, some people will just save/invest and retire after 6-10 years, that's fine too.
ironmagma 5y ago
Citation? Even in the Bay Area the median is considered somewhere around $150k.
- rawtxapp 5y ago
  I've worked at one of the FAANG for 6+ years, have coworkers/friends at each one of them and people openly talk/compare their compensations. edit: I'm not surprised about the median, big tech has roughly around ~200-300k engineers, probably slightly less of it in Bay Area which has a population of ~7.7M, so it probably doesn't affect statistics all that much.
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- aidenn0 5y ago
  I looked into bay area jobs and FAANG was worth a minimum of $40k premium over working at other companies.
- andrewljohnson 5y ago
  Here you go: https://www.levels.fyi/ https://www.levels.fyi/
  - ironmagma 5y ago
    Judging by levels.fyi it's exactly what I said, L4 at Google makes ~$157k a year. If you're talking about TC that has to be said; most people when they are talking about "making X amount" are talking about salary.
    - andrewljohnson 5y ago
      Total comp is what matters, and that's what people talk about. Bonus and RSUs are just cash. L4 SE makes $266K: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engineer/ https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi... And L4 is one rung above entry level, 1-2 years at Google, right out of college.
chris11 5y ago
I've got friends at Roblox. 250k sounds really low for a senior engineer that started pre-IPO.

daniel-thompson 5y ago

Most FAANG eng in their 2nd or 3rd year are not FAANG anymore by their 15th year.

wikibob 5y ago
Interesting hypothesis. Where do you think they go? I’d say it might seem this way because of the hyper growth. Most people at FAANG haven’t been there long, because they haven’t been big that long.
- xenihn 5y ago
  In my network: - early retirement - founding their own companies - landlording - teaching for fun/enjoyment/fulfillment, not because they need money Some have done all 4 of these.
rawtxapp 5y ago
I've had plenty of coworkers who've been at Google or Apple for longer than 15 years, but what I've seen is people will usually jump after 4 years for even more comp or go the startup route. So those FAANG salaries are like the lower bound for most. Of course, some people will just save/invest and retire after 6-10 years, that's fine too.

ironmagma 5y ago

Citation? Even in the Bay Area the median is considered somewhere around $150k.

rawtxapp 5y ago
I've worked at one of the FAANG for 6+ years, have coworkers/friends at each one of them and people openly talk/compare their compensations. edit: I'm not surprised about the median, big tech has roughly around ~200-300k engineers, probably slightly less of it in Bay Area which has a population of ~7.7M, so it probably doesn't affect statistics all that much.
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aidenn0 5y ago
I looked into bay area jobs and FAANG was worth a minimum of $40k premium over working at other companies.
andrewljohnson 5y ago
Here you go: https://www.levels.fyi/ https://www.levels.fyi/
- ironmagma 5y ago
  Judging by levels.fyi it's exactly what I said, L4 at Google makes ~$157k a year. If you're talking about TC that has to be said; most people when they are talking about "making X amount" are talking about salary.
  - andrewljohnson 5y ago
    Total comp is what matters, and that's what people talk about. Bonus and RSUs are just cash. L4 SE makes $266K: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engineer/ https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi... And L4 is one rung above entry level, 1-2 years at Google, right out of college.

chris11 5y ago

I've got friends at Roblox. 250k sounds really low for a senior engineer that started pre-IPO.