You'll also be expected to work 60-80 hour weeks. You can earn the bottom end of those salary bands in West Coast Big Tech with much less hours worked (30-50).

You'll also be expected to work 60-80 hour weeks. You can earn the bottom end of those salary bands in West Coast Big Tech with much less hours worked (30-50). > ultra-low-latency software pretty interesting Then go into ML Infra. It's the same skillset and problem space (high performance computing), but better work hours and decent compensation.