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Re:Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation by hiddencost on Friday December 18, 2015 @02:01PM (#10760230)
I got a $150k starting offer from one of those companies. A friend got raised to $200k after two years at one of them. Another started at $170k with a masters in stats. Admittedly this is all anecdotal. But these numbers don't strike me as crazy.

My brother got a starting salary of $80k at a startup that went on to IPO in the single digit billions (he joined after the series A). After he sold his options, he earned an average of $130k / yr at that company.

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Re:Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation by mkagenius on Friday December 18, 2015 @03:02PM (#10760612)
> average of $130k / yr at that company.

Its more about the kind of experience or skills you want to gain. Money comparison in my opinion can't be head to head, some make millions while some make 0 at startups.

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