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200k is nowhere close to total comp for a lot of engineers at google. 300-400k for anyone with 7+ years experience who is worth a damn, and some are topping mi
by pyrrhotech 13y ago
200k is nowhere close to total comp for a lot of engineers at google. 300-400k for anyone with 7+ years experience who is worth a damn, and some are topping million+. Startups simply cannot compete with google compensation, period. No matter how much equity you give.
There may be valid reasons to work for a startup, but thinking you will be paid to the best of your ability or god-forbid, thinking you will get rich is not a valid reason.
- emmett 13y agoIt's easy for a startup to compete with google on compensation: just be a huge success. If you sell for $10 billion, a typical engineer with 0.1% equity will do well. A first employee with 2% equity will do very well indeed. But yeah, on average, it's not going to be as good as Google. Pick your startup carefully.
- diziet 13y agoI was underestimating the comp for google engineers just to prove the point. I strongly agree that working at google is better in terms of pure comp (though the longer term capital gain taxes do work out better than salary..)