Ask HN: How do you make big bucks and get out of grinding?

Re:Ask HN: How do you make big bucks and get out of grinding? by tall on Saturday February 11, 2017 @04:09PM (#13624802)

Similar to you, I am 27. I worked at facebook seattle making 315k a year, I left after 8 months I do not recommend it. I work now with much greater autonomy at a smaller company for half the pay.

I would recommend cutting your work hours and using that time to develop things that you find fulfilling.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you make big bucks and get out of grinding? by TwoBit on Saturday February 11, 2017 @04:38PM (#13624975)

315K at Facebook before or after bonuses and accrued stock? I think you need to be a level E8 or more at Facebook to get that kind of standalone salary.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you make big bucks and get out of grinding? by tall on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:13PM (#13625152)

That's with stock and bonuses and at e4 it's in the middle for pay there

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Re:Ask HN: How do you make big bucks and get out of grinding? by radicality on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:34PM (#13625257)

Except you never really got any of the stock if you left within 8 months, right? Couldn't hold out for 4 months more to get all your vesting? You probably also had to return your signing bonus, right? (I'm at fb in new york btw. Also this still seems pretty high to me, 315k total for an E4. 150k base is the higher end of E4, so how many RSUs did you get?)

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