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It's hard to live on $75k in Manhattan, but you can live fairly comfortably on that salary in other boroughs or NJ. I would be very surprised if the offer hadn'
by michael_miller 15y ago
It's hard to live on $75k in Manhattan, but you can live fairly comfortably on that salary in other boroughs or NJ. I would be very surprised if the offer hadn't gone up substantially since this post was written. Nowadays, new grad offers for well-paying companies (Google, Facebook, etc.) are in the ~$100k range for salary, with a bunch of stock and signing bonus thrown in. Fog Creek wouldn't be getting the top 1% of talent if they weren't matching these offers.
- GuiA 15y agoBut these offers you mention (FB, Google, etc.) are in Silicon Valley— are salaries in the valley and in NYC comparable?
- Duff 15y agoFor an intern, I would guess that $75k is a better salary in New York. You need a car in California.
- indspenceable 15y agoNot true, if you live in the city.
- esrauch 15y agoI'm not sure about the others, but Google has a sizable NYC office (and a moderate sized Boston office) and allegedly the salaries are adjusted up to account somewhat for cost of living.