salarycommenter

5 ms·

1.
by salarycommenter 6y ago
Quarterly, with no 1 year cliff. Close enough to monthly it's not that bad thought.
2.
by salarycommenter 7y ago
I agree, the risk reward has to be there. But I don't interview at companies unless I really need to get in. If it were some lousy startup and I'm interviewing there it's because I am hard up and need the job or it's tac
3.
by salarycommenter 7y ago
Counterpoint, I botched a coding session at a FANG interview. They wanted me so they gave me a take home coding problem. I spent 40+ hours over three days banging it out. Got the job. 57% increase in compensation. 550k/year combined. T
4.
by salarycommenter 7y ago
This is an alt specifically for discussing compensation because I know it elicits that reaction and I don't want that associated with my professional identity. I think discussing compensation frankly and openly is very important. Peopl
5.
by salarycommenter 7y ago
I am very wary of making this about respect or the individuals in the company who didn't grant you better compensation. It's toxic for yourself and if other people find out you think that way it can spoil relationships. Never unde
6.
by salarycommenter 7y ago
Currently switching jobs for a personal record 57% increase in total compensation. And I was NOT poorly compensated before. I was already in the 99th percentile for individual income. The harder I push on comp the more I get each time. I am
7.
by salarycommenter 8y ago
And yet every manager I have ever had asks me not to discuss salary with other co-workers to prevent them from getting jealous. Usually in the same discussion where they tell me I am the highest paid one. This is usually a few weeks before
8.
by salarycommenter 8y ago
My finding has been the same. I got a match once. I would have been better off leaving to some place more promising. Early on in your career your current employer is almost invariably a dead end. Advancement happens, but it's the excep
9.
by salarycommenter 8y ago
>He explained to me that I was already being paid more than any other engineer in my department, Every time a manager has said this to me it was a lie.
10.
by salarycommenter 9y ago
You don't actually get as many reads as you want. Reads disturb the cells and you eventually have to rewrite them based on reads as well.
11.
by salarycommenter 9y ago
I am not doing this as a generalist. I picked a specialization and within that specialization I picked a specific ecosystem and then ground out some seniority in that ecosystem. Once I had that I could pick from anyone who is invested in th
12.
by salarycommenter 9y ago
Interesting. Mapping 64k at a time seems a bit excessive. If I call mmap it's to map everything I'm going to need, but maybe I am missing context.
13.
by salarycommenter 9y ago
Individual contributor, Software Engineer. At Google the recruiter put me in the SRE/SWE track which I was skeptical of and communicated to them. I also communicated about the compensation issues in advance saying if I got a bad offer
14.
by salarycommenter 9y ago
This is consistent with my experience. Was making 175k in a lower cost of living area. Google wanted to pay 190k and require relocation to Mountain View. Had an offer in hand from another company for 240k. Google refused to negotiate. What
15.
by salarycommenter 10y ago
It's just the money. For a 30% raise there isn't a job I would stay at. It's fine by me for a company to be just one more 2 year step on the ladder. A bit of experience, a bit of pedigree, a bit of pay bump, and a good job wh
16.
by salarycommenter 10y ago
There is market rate and then there is market rate. Have you ever met a manager who didn't claim to pay market rate and pull out the old "salary data" yarn. Managers seem to think that just because they say something their em
17.
by salarycommenter 10y ago
Another important aspect of compensation. When you negotiate compensation with new hire make sure to negotiate the salary you can retain them at not the lowest salary you can get them to leave for. At my current job I accepted knowing I was
18.
by salarycommenter 10y ago
Most senior people I know are under paid and over worked. The lucky ones are just under paid.
19.
by salarycommenter 10y ago
If you messed up this bad your employer would fire you. Fire your employer. Don't make a stink. Get an offer and give notice. Discussions with management aren't going to do anything but leave a bad taste in their mouth. Never ever