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I think the majority of Google programmers earn less than $100k let alone $3M
by chippy 13y ago
I think the majority of Google programmers earn less than $100k let alone $3M
- runako 13y ago>> the majority of Google programmers earn less than $100k Likely true iff the majority of Google programmers live outside the US (and other rich countries).
- IceyEC 13y agoApparently (according to the article) the average is making around 128k.
- dekhn 13y agoI don't know the values, but there are a few things to consider. A typical Google engineer has several sources of compensation: a base salary, annual bonus, and stock. The base salary is effectively a fixed value you know in advance. The annual bonus depends on performance, but you get guidance and can estimate it. The bonus is significant, but typically smaller than base salary. However, the stock grants are wacky. You're granted stock which vests according to a schedule. After several years, the vesting schedule starts to grant more and more stock per unit time (you get new grants, old grants take a while before they vest, etc). Finally, Google's stock has been increasing since 2008 (there was a big drop in early 2008). This makes stock grants lucrative in a way that scales very differently from typical base income or bonuses.
- Irishsteve 13y agoJust check glass door to get some kinda intuition about salaries based on location. Generally they seem to pay market rates.