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I worked at a large fortune 50 telco company everyone has heard of and people above senior engineer (lead, principal, etc) made well above 150k, there was discr
by VirusNewbie 3y ago
I worked at a large fortune 50 telco company everyone has heard of and people above senior engineer (lead, principal, etc) made well above 150k, there was discretionary stock, large bonuses etc.
You don’t see it at the lower levels but key employees make a lot more than what you are saying.
- scarface_74 3y agoI’m not dismissing your compensation. I spent most of my career on the enterprise dev side. But looking at Levels.fyi for compensation at AT&T, the top level software engineers in LA make a little less than $200K all in. That’s less than a mid level software engineer makes at BigTech. This gets back to one side on HN doesn’t know the scale of compensation on the other end.
- VirusNewbie 3y agoi'm well aware of the compensation on the other end, I'm a senior at FAANG now. I was just pointing out plenty of non FAAMGULA/unicorn companies top out well above 150k.
- mdorazio 3y ago> people above senior engineer (lead, principal, etc) And how many of those are there relative the general software engineering population?
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoI think a majority of people with 15+ years of experience are at that level. Only the really talented and/or ambitious move up to that level quickly, but most people do make it to a lead level given enough time.
- scarface_74 3y agoBecause of both poor career choices and later path dependencies, I did the move up in enterprise dev grind until three years ago. Why would I tell my younger family to grind for 15 years instead of “grind LeetCode and work for a FAANG (tm r/cscareerquestions) and start out making in the mid 150s and in three years end up in the mid 200s?