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HN is a very Silicon Valley focused website. $150k in SV isn’t very much at all. You get more than that even at startups as a senior engineer. New grads at FAAN
by bradlys 4y ago
HN is a very Silicon Valley focused website. $150k in SV isn’t very much at all. You get more than that even at startups as a senior engineer. New grads at FAANG will get at least that or more.
- giantg2 4y agoIsn't $150k the standard number for the common top end grade? They make adjustments based on location for COL. So it could be more there. Even so, the majority of developers live outside of SV where even the $150k number is attractive (given the national dev median is around $110k).
- 908B64B197 4y ago> Isn't $150k the standard number for the common top end grade? They make adjustments based on location for COL. COL adjustments are HR policy, not laws. SV caliber talent typically don't get those, wherever they end up working from.
- giantg2 4y ago"COL adjustments are HR policy, not laws." We're talking about federal jobs. Compensation is infact laid out in regulation. Stuff like a GS15 step 10 (top) has a set base number, but is then adjusted for duty location.