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Sure but now you're talking about an above median plumber in an above median col area. A similarly above average software dev in Seattle is probably pulling in
by joshuamorton 5y ago
Sure but now you're talking about an above median plumber in an above median col area. A similarly above average software dev in Seattle is probably pulling in 250k/year all in.
- pcmoney 5y agoYou can get that as a new grad. Levels.fyi
- joshuamorton 5y agoThe two major employers in Seattle (Amazon and Microsoft) aren't paying 250K to new grads. Their packages are closer to 175K starting. Speaking of "250K" as a number, every single offer over 250K+ for someone with no experience, on levels.fyi, in seattle, was either for someone hired at L4 at Google or Facebook (usually this means a PhD hire), or a Facebook "rockstar" signing bonus, which I think levels.fyi mis-estimates (the "recurring" comp is lower than 250K, you get something like 120 base, 40 stock/yr, 100K signing (+ your normal annual bonus of ~15K). That's 200K/year over four years, not 250).
- com2kid 5y ago> Their packages are closer to 175K starting. And last time I checked those packages had serious compensation cliffs after the first few years! Software developer compensation is seriously bi-modal, most developers even in big cities are working at a fraction of FAANG pay, doing routine maintenance work.