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This was inspiring in a way many "how I started a company" posts aren't. I also appreciated the transparency re: the retention package offered to him in the Po
by textminer 13y ago
This was inspiring in a way many "how I started a company" posts aren't.
I also appreciated the transparency re: the retention package offered to him in the Powerset acquisition. As a younger engineer, I've spent a lot of time focusing on salary numbers (going from $70k to $90k to $100k to $122k in a few years, and across a few companies), but I'm starting to see how that's less informative than bonuses/stock grants, where the real long-term incentives and house-buying/lifestyle-company-starting capital comes from.
Are there forums where folks openly discuss numbers like these? Glassdoor can be confusing sometimes, where it's unclear if folks are putting down their pre-tax salary number or their [salary + sign-on + annual bonus + RSU] number.
- onedev 13y agoThere are a few numbers on Quora submitted by anonymous people but not a very large set of data points.
- rorrr2 13y ago> $70k to $90k to $100k to $122k in a few years That's practically identical to my first few years after graduation, and it didn't stop going up. It's pretty crazy how much your salary grows by switching jobs. I'm now about to dump my full time contracting and start my own company.