So 21 million a year. Levels.fyi has an SDE III at 355k a year [0] and a level above that at 538k which is usually what most pure IC managers are at. That's a

So 21 million a year. Levels.fyi has an SDE III at 355k a year [0] and a level above that at 538k which is usually what most pure IC managers are at. That's a 57% comp for moving up one level moving. 21,000,000/350,000 = 60x. If they have say 8 managers between IC and CEO, thats 60^(1/9) = 57.6% comp growth per level. Doesn't seem so ridiculous of a compensation if you want to keep the carrot above the stick at each level of the management chain. [0]: https://www.levels.fyi/companies/amazon/salaries/software-engineer https://www.levels.fyi/companies/amazon/salaries/software-en...