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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by dvt on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @04:13PM (#12212991)
Because these companies don't exist. Top companies pay SDE3s and tech leads like 300-400k. Medium-sized companies in high cost of living areas pay directors around that much. No one pays engineers that much. Literally no one.

Unless you're Norvig or Dijkstra.

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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by jazzyk on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @04:54PM (#12213316)
Per Quora, the highest tech executive position (CTO) pays in the lower $200Ks (non-founder, up to $75M):

https://www.quora.com/What-would-a-CTO-compensation-equity-b...

Per CIO magazine (2015), CTOs make up to $220K, directors up to $174K:

http://www.cio.com/article/2878056/salary/tech-salary-guide-...

Pretty much all surveys show similar ranges. Do they all "skew heavily downwards"?

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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by ThePawnBreak on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @06:04PM (#12213777)
No, they just don't consider the millions they receive in stock. Given that an intern at Facebook earns $8000 a month plus free luxury rent, do you honestly think a director makes only 70% more in a tech company?

New grads at Google get paid around $170k a year. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-salary-for-graduates-start...

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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by eru on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @09:29PM (#12214895)
What's the difference between a tech lead and an engineer?
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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by NotSammyHagar on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @11:21AM (#12218591)
At most companies tech lead means someone who is planning the technical work of a team, but is not the manager. The tech lead is an engineer. So that company has separated manager and tech leadership. Google works this way. There are some groups at google where someone does both tech lead and manager, they call that person the TLM.
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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by eru on Friday August 05, 2016 @02:56AM (#12230508)
Thanks. I know about that but was not separating tech leads from other engineers. (To me they are just more senior engineers.)
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