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The graph should have indicated whether those were base salaries or total annual compensation.
by raldi 14y ago
The graph should have indicated whether those were base salaries or total annual compensation.
- rm999 14y agoYeah, I was confused what the 'upper crust' section means. I know the top paid software engineers at google make way more than 180k in total compensation. Maybe they mean the top base salaries for people with 'software engineer' titles is 180k, but that's a sort of pointless number when bonuses can be 2+ times base. At first I thought they meant average total compensation, but 180k seems too high.
- freyr 14y agoYes, I wondered the same. Regarding total compensation, glassdoor pegs the average at around 150k for software developers, and 200k for senior software developers. If you believe those numbers. But we can only speculate where they arrived at their numbers, and how they define upper crust.
- noname123 14y agoJust curious, how do stock awards work in BigCo's like GOOG/ADBE/MSFT/FB? Are employees awarded stock options that vest only X amount of years of service? Are they awarded in lump-sum vesting that means all of your options are voided if you are terminated and quit prior to vesting date?
- freyr 14y agoAlso, what does the "upper crust" even mean? Is this average developer salaries at the top paying companies? The top developer salaries at top paying companies? In the latter case, is it top 25 percentile, 10 percentile? Spend less time coming up with catchy titles, and try including at least the bare minimum of relevant description.