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Total comp at FAANG for a senior engineer who's been there a few years is more like $800k+.
by throwawai2021 5y ago
Total comp at FAANG for a senior engineer who's been there a few years is more like $800k+.
- zionic 5y agoIf true, that just makes it worse in my opinion. Although maybe it’s evidence in my favor? They have to pay people that much to keep doing what they know is wrong…
- vlovich123 5y agoOr the job is grueling and requires more time commitment/energy. Or it’s a very niche technical problem. Or the person has an outsized impact on the company in other ways like bringing prestige and making it easier to hire more people. There’s lots of reasons people get paid large sums.
- Apocryphon 5y agoOr simply tech stocks have been crazy thanks to Federal Reserve interest rate policies.
- loeg 5y agoThat’s really only L6+ with some good stock growth. Most senior eng are L5. 350-500k is still a lot.