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I work with many brilliant engineers who have been in Google for 5-10 years and are at L4. The pay is good enough if you don't have a large family to support an
by lrem 5y ago
I work with many brilliant engineers who have been in Google for 5-10 years and are at L4. The pay is good enough if you don't have a large family to support and they simply can't be arsed to play that game.
- ganafagol 5y agoComplaining at a high level. People with 3 kids make do with jobs at Walmart and McD. "Pay is good enough" yeah sure.
- klipt 5y ago> People with 3 kids make do with jobs at Walmart and McD. Very difficult in the Bay Area given the housing costs. I guess it's possible if you lucked into a below market rate apartment and qualify for government assistance like Medicaid and food stamps.
- ganafagol 5y agoYou are saying that all Walmarts and McDs in the Bay Area are staffed with people who have a 3 hour commute?
- tudorw 5y ago'BAY AREA LEADS NATION IN COMMUTERS TRAVELING AT LEAST 3 HOURS EVERY DAY, STUDY SAYS' https://abc7news.com/super-commuters-bay-area-traffic-3-hour-commute-three/5195381/ https://abc7news.com/super-commuters-bay-area-traffic-3-hour...
- ta988 5y agoYes I'm sorry to tell you that this area is much much worse in term of human respect than you think.
- manigandham 5y agoHow much more is “good enough” when you’re already in the top 1% of the world?
- lrem 5y agoYou're top 1% in the world working in a SF McDonald. You're in the top 1% in the US when you're about L7-8 in Google, according to https://www.investopedia.com/personal-finance/how-much-income-puts-you-top-1-5-10/ https://www.investopedia.com/personal-finance/how-much-incom... and levels.fyi.
- peteretep 5y agoMcD SF is paying you $35k[0]. For 2018 figures: «A $35,000 income in the United States has enough buying power to put you in the 82nd percentile globally for per-person income. Within the United States, your income falls around the 20th percentile.»[1] 0: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Mcdonalds-Crew-Salary-in-San-Francisco,CA https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Mcdonalds-Crew-Salary-... 1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/global-income-calculator/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/global...
- lrem 5y agoYour source is paywalled, but it's in line with my intuition. It doesn't state the global percentile in absolute money, does it?
- peteretep 5y agoIt’s pulling data from https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/global_20170228_global-middle-class.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/global_...
- fjeifisjf 5y agoIf you look at age adjusted percentiles, 1% income is much lower than $750K/yr. 30 yr olds making $350k/ are 1%ers, and when they reach 40 or 50 they have substantial investment gains bolstering their compensation.