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I’ve been an asic designer for a very long time, I’ve never seen anyone make close to those numbers in salary.

• morty_s 5y ago
  Does that mean they don’t exist? Are the FAANG chip makers paying a lot more for engineering than in the asics space? Genuine questions, I have a growing interest in this (vast) space.
  • Google234 5y ago
    Yes. They are wealthy companies and pay well.
  • rejectedandsad 5y ago
    Definitely more than Apple and Intel, Google hires and pays for superior intellect. Only place that might pay better is specialized telco hardware engineers in finance (but that’s not of the same magnitude as modems or TPUs)
• jsjohnst 5y ago
  Salary != fully loaded cost to the company. Just the company paid portion of income taxes can add another 15% alone easily. Then you have health insurance, office space, perks, etc and you can easily get in the range of 1.5 - 2x the salary.
  • klyrs 5y ago
    What you're saying isn't wrong, but my impression is that software devs make more than hardware designers.