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> The amount of money you can make in the US as an experienced engineer is probably 5 fold if not more. Senior engineers are easily pulling 7 figures here This

by ascar 4y ago

> The amount of money you can make in the US as an experienced engineer is probably 5 fold if not more. Senior engineers are easily pulling 7 figures here This statement is inaccurate for most people. The salaries for H1B visa holders are actually public [1] and starting salaries for foreigners are more 100k to 200k and nowhere close to 7 figures. Also the salary levels at FAANGs are mostly known [2] and you have to get very, very far up to even make 7 figures at a fang. An L6 (staff engineer) makes 500k total comp. [1] https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=&job=Software&city=San+Francisco&year=2021 https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=&job=Software&city=San+Fra... [2] https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Amazon,SAP,Google&track=Software%20Engineer# https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Amazon,SAP,Google&track=Soft...

closeparen 4y ago
H1Bs pull the same salaries as everyone else, always the real money is in equity.
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tehlike 4y ago
When I say senior engineer, i don't mean e5 senior engineer. You can get there within a year or two. You can get to e6 in what it takes to do PhD.
- ascar 4y ago
  Well, you can also stay at L5 forever. It's a terminal level afterall. L6 typically needs at least 9 years of experience and the majority of people will never reach it. And at L6 you make half of 7 figures. L5 still make great money and it is a multiple of what you get outside of SV. Just inflating to 7 figures is a bit exaggerated Edit: this comment from 6 months ago provides a bit of inside view on getting L6 at Google https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28965492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28965492
  - tehlike 4y ago
    Sure. But i think it takes less than 9 to reach to 6 too. Depends on how much you care about it, i suppose (let's say you are really good at what you do, but you may be at e5 because you never cared and your manager never cared either - this sort of stuff happens too).

by ascar 4y ago

closeparen 4y ago

H1Bs pull the same salaries as everyone else, always the real money is in equity.

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tehlike 4y ago

When I say senior engineer, i don't mean e5 senior engineer. You can get there within a year or two. You can get to e6 in what it takes to do PhD.

ascar 4y ago
Well, you can also stay at L5 forever. It's a terminal level afterall. L6 typically needs at least 9 years of experience and the majority of people will never reach it. And at L6 you make half of 7 figures. L5 still make great money and it is a multiple of what you get outside of SV. Just inflating to 7 figures is a bit exaggerated Edit: this comment from 6 months ago provides a bit of inside view on getting L6 at Google https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28965492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28965492
- tehlike 4y ago
  Sure. But i think it takes less than 9 to reach to 6 too. Depends on how much you care about it, i suppose (let's say you are really good at what you do, but you may be at e5 because you never cared and your manager never cared either - this sort of stuff happens too).