salta2019

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   by salta2019 8y ago

   Blind is an anonymous messaging app where people talk about their salaries, employers, and other topics. It’s somewhat toxic. $240k seems in the range of normal for most of the FAANGs. Of course it can go much higher. It doesn’t seem like t
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   by salta2019 8y ago

   Says he moved to NorCal in 2005. I’d wager this is not typical, even for the Bay Area.
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   by salta2019 8y ago

   I was hired by a professor who I’d worked with before. He’d just landed a very large grant, so he had some flexibility with the funding.
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   by salta2019 8y ago

   Some context: PhD in EE, but spend most of my time coding. 2011: $100k, industry R&D lab, VA 2012: $150k, “”, “” 2013: $150k, “”, “” 2014: $0, self-employed and didn’t turn a profit 2015: $100k, academic researcher