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Re:Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation by ryandrake on Friday December 18, 2015 @12:32PM (#10759623)
The idea of starting fresh out of school at a company for $130K, doubling up to $250K seems to me ludicrous, besides for a rare few outlier roles at a rare few companies. I can say I've got close to 20 years of experience and I don't make anywhere close to that.

Not saying there are no roles like this--just saying this probably several standard deviations from the mean, and not useful as a "back of the envelope estimation of big company tech salaries in general"

Re:Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation by Retric on Friday December 18, 2015 @02:21PM (#10760360)
I personally know someone that went from 130k to over 1 million in 7.5 years at a large 20,000+ person non valley company. Skills, luck, negotiation, and HR will get ignored.
Re:Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation by ryandrake on Friday December 18, 2015 @02:34PM (#10760444)
Totally believe it, but he or she is a clear outlier, when considering the huge breadth of tech positions out there.
Re:Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation by bigcothrowa on Friday December 18, 2015 @12:38PM (#10759659)
Yeah, this is not the median or low-end compensation package profile OP thinks it is.