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by bsvalley 10y ago
I'm talking about the base salary not the total comp. If you don't make $200k in total comp per year in the Valley with 10 years of experience, you have a serious problem.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
This posts has nothing to do with total comp or whatsoever. I'm talking about too many people claiming $200k/year as their base salary which seems very suspicious. Or they simply don't understand the break down of their total
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Yes and No. From my experience they do include W2s in your mortgage application in order to see your total assets in case you go bankrupt. They get as much info as they can, which is why they need your w2s ;) The rule for mortgage applicati
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by bsvalley 10y ago
I've been a googler myself, a few make 200k base salary but it's still a small minority of the company. In your list, only Netflix will guarantee $200k minimum as an annual base salary for pretty much all their engineers. Why? Bec
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Even if you were to switch jobs every year you'd ultimately move horizontally at some point. They would bump up your stocks and give you a huge sign-on bonus. The base salary is hard to negotiate because it's fairly regulated.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
The base salary is your true buying power. Financial institutes look at your gross base salary in order to calculate the income/debt ration. Stocks and bonuses are not included unless they ask for you W2 instead of your paychecks. Also
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Did you read my message? I'm actually talking about $200k/year base salary. A bonus is by definition not part of the base salary...
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Ask HN: Are people lying about their salaries?
94 points by bsvalley 10y ago|77 comments
549.
by bsvalley 10y ago
probably $150k like everyone else :) If you're base salary is $200k and you only have $100k stock/RSU's, then there's a problem somewhere...
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Of course, google has the highest salaries. If you're a staff at Google I'd expect $200k base. Same if you work in finance. Though, in most of the case you won't make $200k/y base salary with 10 years of exp in "jav
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by bsvalley 10y ago
First off, are you talking base salary or full package? There is no such thing as $200k base salary for 10 years exp in java. You'd have to specialize. $170k/y base salary for an eng manager is right where you want to be. If your
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by bsvalley 10y ago
They're always positive people. I always enjoy talking to them even though they do not represent the real culture of a company. As soon as you start the iterviewing process then the tone drops and people are cold and competitive with a
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Do you think college is challenging? I think your current situation is challenging. So I'd say - go ahead and tackle the crap out of it. Work on a solution to pull yourself out.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
I think we should start by defining the term "harassment". Most of the people don't know the exact definition. Is it a big smile? Is it talking too much to someone? Is it asking a question not related to work? Or is it about
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by bsvalley 10y ago
You can't compare startups vs established companies. Each organization has its own culture. I know a lot of big companies where the culture is horrible, but the perks are better. Where the mission is amazing but there is no work/l
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by bsvalley 10y ago
It's like coding, when you fully understand OOP, you can easily switch languages. Same goes for story telling. You need to learn the structure once, then practice with different stories. People never take time to work on the foundation
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Ask HN: Are you going to learn AI or Deep Learning? If so, how and when?
7 points by bsvalley 10y ago|1 comments
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by bsvalley 10y ago
I think you're mixing 2 different things, charisma and success. If you think charisma will lead you to success, you're wrong :) people have created an entire business based on this false statement. It's a trap for people like
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by bsvalley 10y ago
1. Lower taxes 2. No neighbors 3. Fewer people around
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Put it this way - If you ask academic questions to a senior engineer during an interview, you might as well hire a college student. It will cost you less money and the student might even be a better fit, based on your evaluation.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
If a lot of people tell you - "I'd definitely want that". Build it. Ideas don't exist anymore. Just ask people for their requirements, that'll be your idea.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Majority of the interview questions for software developers are retarded. It's either too academic (reverse a linked list) or too specific (What is the difference between StringBuffer and StringBuilder in Java?). To answer your questio
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by bsvalley 10y ago
"For example, if you are in the 33% tax bracket, the actual cost of a $100 donation is only $67 ($100 less the $33 tax savings). As your income tax bracket increases, the real cost of your charitable gift decreases, making contribution
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by bsvalley 10y ago
If you ignore the whole hiring process then yes. Otherwise you'd simply email these recruiters back with you digital signature attached. They would use it to sign the hiring contract and you'd be able to start the next day :) We a
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by bsvalley 10y ago
I need $1 million dollars in seed money.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
There is nothing much to do besides leaving your current environment in order to find a more flexible place, where you'd get more responsibilities even as a junior. What they don't tell you in college is that the organization in a
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by bsvalley 10y ago
CEO thug life - "I just fired the CTO." I'm sure you're already talking to a lawyer. He or she will be more helpful. It is interesting though for the HN community to know that drama does exist between co-founders. Chose
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by bsvalley 10y ago
What you're describing is the perfect way to evaluate a developer. That's exactly what I promote to my employers. That's what I ask at the last step of the hiring process if we still have a doubt. we should use this evaluatio
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Who ever dominates the AI space first, will dominate everyone else. If amazon cracks deep learning before google, they'll be able to move a billion times faster, instantly. I'd say anything can happen within the last 10-20 years.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Definitely not upwork and all these freelancer websites. Most of the projects are unverified and fake. Word of mouth is the key in the freelance world. The other key is to create your network before moving to an isolated and cheap place. In

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