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Please give an example of such a university?

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• nextos 4y ago
  According to levels.fyi, a typical entry-level FAANG job (L3 SWE at Google) pays $140k base salary. An assistant prof. position at UCSD I was looking into a few weeks ago was paying $115-145k to identical roles in the department. I know Google has some other benefits, like stock and bonus. Plus, compensation will grow more rapidly. And there are tons of high-paying SWE jobs, whereas good academic positions are scarce. In Academia, it's hard to exceed $200k. Some professors often get $200-300k from consulting. But those I know that earn so much on side gigs are frequently gaming university IP rules.
  • beambot 4y ago
    Google L3 SWE total comp is $193k https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Salesforce&track=Software%20Engineer https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Salesforce&track=Soft... Base salary is the wrong comparison. As you move up to higher levels and get stacking equity grants, the liquid stock vesting routinely becomes >50% of total comp at FAANG -- i.e. you have to look at total comp. It's not even close to comparable. Also worth noting: as a PhD with assistant prof levels of experience, you'd typically join as L5 (source: myself), which has total comp starting at $365k according to levels.fyi
    • ModernMech 4y ago
      But don’t you have to live in the Bay Area? Or does Google pay those L5 salaries for remote? Because $365k is more like $179-$200k where I live. And you have to work 12 months of the year, no?