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•Boston area •7 yoe •Staff level •Full remote •Co is SF-based •$250 total comp I expect a promotion and ~20% increase next cycle. Interview was no leet code (I
by mobiledev2014 5y ago
•Boston area
•7 yoe
•Staff level
•Full remote
•Co is SF-based
•$250 total comp
I expect a promotion and ~20% increase next cycle. Interview was no leet code (I’m terrible at it!) - my strategy was to interview at public companies with levels on levels.fyi but not FAANG
- tubby12345 5y ago7 yoe at FAANG is double that and they're all permanent remote now (except Apple). Diminishing returns n all regarding TC but you didn't hack the system or anything with that strategy.
- mobiledev2014 5y agoBy no means did I imply I did. I offered an alternative to “grind lc” to somebody who is underpaid. I did not say this was how to get the maximum TC
- tubby12345 5y agoBut how is an alternative? It's half the money. Reminds of a Russian joke: daughter asks mom for milk. Mom says sure there's a pale of water underneath the bed
- mobiledev2014 5y agoThe person you’re replying to has nearly 3x the yoe and significantly lower TC, pretty simple. And like you say, there are always people in these threads saying “good TC doesn’t exist where I am.” Finally, you’re assuming everyone wants to work for FAANG.
- jonfw 5y agoI was interviewing at Amazon and they're certainly not permanent remote going forward. I've heard the same about Google and Netflix I think they're permanently WFH flexible but that's very different from remote (I don't have to move to take a job that's remote)