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It's normally considered a bad salary in comparison to what you could be making. I won't speak for the poster but I left a ~$1m / year TC job ($300k base the r
by CSMastermind 2y ago
It's normally considered a bad salary in comparison to what you could be making. I won't speak for the poster but I left a ~$1m / year TC job ($300k base the rest RSUs) to join a startup. I have a good salary compared to the population at large but it's a fraction of what I could be making on the hope that my equity turns into something meaningful that makes up for it.
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- palata 2y agoI wish I knew how to get to $200k. Not even mentioning 1m/year, that seems absolutely insane to me.
- hedora 2y agoThe easiest way is to move to the SF area. However, you'll end up spending most of the after-tax pay on housing, food, etc. For example, rent on a 1 bedroom apartment in the suburbs is going to be $30-60K per year: https://www.zillow.com/santa-clara-ca/apartments/1-bedrooms/ https://www.zillow.com/santa-clara-ca/apartments/1-bedrooms/ The cost of pretty much everything around here reflects that cost of living. Businesses have to pay workers enough to allow them to live in the area.
- rsanek 2y agoyou don't have to. I lived in south bay with $30-40k in total annual expenses for years. that said, i was single and made sacrifices to save.
- School-Cotton 2y agoIf you live in the US and work as a software engineer at a top tech company it’s very straightforward to make more than 200k. Otherwise, it’s much harder.
- bagels 2y agoWhere do you live, what kind of company do you work for? Look at levels.fyi for data on what companies in the bay are paying.