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   by mysalarythrow 8y ago

   Honestly, these companies just have so much money right now and their stock keeps on going up. They're competing for top talent, so bidding wars happen. These were L6 offers at the time. Gets much more ridiculous the higher you go (ove
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   by mysalarythrow 8y ago

   > Is it any surprise that startups pay less than Google or Facebook? I always knew startups would pay a less, but I always thought it wasn't that much less. Turns out I vastly over-estimated the chances of liquidity in startups, and
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   by mysalarythrow 8y ago

   Male, went to a top 5 CS school, US west coast 2001: BigCo $76,000/year + $20,000 signing bonus (first job out of school) 2007: Freelancing between $100-$200/hr depending on project 2012: Startup #1 $180,000/year + $75,000 si