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Is the $600k salary, bonuses, stock options or? Sounds quite incredible to me. I haven't heard from any dev making this kind of salary, not even in the big comp
by jerguismi 11y ago
Is the $600k salary, bonuses, stock options or? Sounds quite incredible to me. I haven't heard from any dev making this kind of salary, not even in the big companies.
- fmela 11y agoIt's not unheard of for really exceptional devs at big tech companies to make a million or more.
- zzalpha 11y ago"A million or more" in what? Base salary, salary + bonuses, or salary + handcuff compensation (e.g. options)?
- zzalpha 11y agoThat's what I'm trying to figure out. $600k salary+bonuses is C-level executive territory. The idea of an engineer making that kind of money in straight compensation sounds ludicrous to me. If it's in the form of options, you'll forgive me if I treat that as pretend money until it's transformed into real wealth.
- mauricemir 11y agofintech dev on wall street / the city probably can
- starmole 11y ago600k including bonuses. Vested RSU bonuses. So real cash in hand. And those usually keep replenishing over time so after an initial delay it's compensation.
- zzalpha 11y agoAh, so base salary plus vested options, aka handcuffs. And you're getting, on average, what, 400-500k a year in RSUs vesting? Am I wrong is that basically bonkers as far as compensation goes? That feels at least a few standard deviations outside the mean... Which is great for you, and congratulations! But "win the lottery" doesn't make for very compelling early retirement advice. :)
- cici_sleestak 11y agoThat's alot of vested bonuses! Is this fintech?
- starmole 11y agoYes 600k is including bonuses. 600k base would really be crazy for dev.
- michaelrwolfe1 11y agoThere are people at Google making > $1M a year if you include RSUs.