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>If you're so good, why aren't you making 600k at BigTech First off, because I don't live in a region where these kind of incomes are remotely possible for an

>If you're so good, why aren't you making 600k at BigTech First off, because I don't live in a region where these kind of incomes are remotely possible for an employee. I make more money than many FAANG employees in my country as FAANGS here does not offer the same salaries. They ask for the same amount of work from employees as their SV counterparts but salaries are 10x lower. And no, my wish isn't to move to SV as there are other things that are at least as important as money for me. Second, I started to dislike FAANGS.

wil421 4y ago
Same here in my region of the US. My house is on a half acre and is about 2,500 sqft (~230m2) and it costs less than a studio in SF. I had an opportunity that would’ve given me some funny money that has gone down by 40%. I’ll take family and affordability over chasing FAANG salaries. I’ve never understood the “I pay the same for a MacBook as you” mentality from SF/SV. I can assure you the housing, food, and gas costs are way higher than mine.
- DeathArrow 4y ago
  >I’ll take family and affordability over chasing FAANG salaries. And FAANG salaries might start to not be as great as for some the revenue started to decline.
tjpnz 4y ago
I've observed similar in Tokyo. FAANGs exist here but compensation is middling compared to what they offer elsewhere, it's even worse when exchange rates are taken into account. If you want to be paid at the top of the market you're better off working for a bank.
- DeathArrow 4y ago
  But working for a bank as a SE means you are part of the cost center, not the profit center
jwestbury 4y ago
I'm in finance in the UK now, because my US-based SV tech employer wanted to cut my pay by about 30%, and cut my base salary by about 50% if I moved to the UK and stayed employed with them. In finance, I'm making about what I did in the US.

wil421 4y ago

Same here in my region of the US. My house is on a half acre and is about 2,500 sqft (~230m2) and it costs less than a studio in SF. I had an opportunity that would’ve given me some funny money that has gone down by 40%. I’ll take family and affordability over chasing FAANG salaries. I’ve never understood the “I pay the same for a MacBook as you” mentality from SF/SV. I can assure you the housing, food, and gas costs are way higher than mine.

DeathArrow 4y ago
>I’ll take family and affordability over chasing FAANG salaries. And FAANG salaries might start to not be as great as for some the revenue started to decline.

tjpnz 4y ago

I've observed similar in Tokyo. FAANGs exist here but compensation is middling compared to what they offer elsewhere, it's even worse when exchange rates are taken into account. If you want to be paid at the top of the market you're better off working for a bank.

DeathArrow 4y ago
But working for a bank as a SE means you are part of the cost center, not the profit center

jwestbury 4y ago

I'm in finance in the UK now, because my US-based SV tech employer wanted to cut my pay by about 30%, and cut my base salary by about 50% if I moved to the UK and stayed employed with them. In finance, I'm making about what I did in the US.