Re:Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation
by smm2000 on Friday December 18, 2015 @03:43PM
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Literally, ask any friend working as SWE in any of those companies - they will confirm numbers. You are pretty much guaranteed to make that money in 5 years if you get promoted with average velocity.
Re:Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation
by grahamannett on Saturday December 19, 2015 @05:44AM
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I'm not saying you are wrong, but wouldn't this:
https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Google-San-Francisco-Salari...
be more indicative than asking a person first hand what they make? I don't think saying 'personally confront friends/workers at said companies about salaries' is anymore reliable than anonymously submitted.
Re:Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation
by Bahamut on Saturday December 19, 2015 @07:00AM
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Look at total compensation - average total compensation says ~$238k for senior, which certainly seems to confirm numbers...and they may be higher currently since I'd guess that those numbers probably span across a number of years. Google SF is a smaller office also.
Not that it's so far fetched that big Valley firms are paying over $200k base salary, but if it was so prevalent, I'd expect to see more concrete evidence to support that.