Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads

Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by ben174 on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:21PM (#14539584)

This is an important distinction. The salaries on this sheet seem low overall, and it's probably because they're new grads from bootcamp. Someone with 10+ years of experience should be demanding more than the average salary on this list.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by seanhandley on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:22PM (#14539600)

You're kidding me.

I'm in the UK, 10 years dev experience, BSc Computer Science.

Every single salary in that list is higher than mine.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by dsacco on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:31PM (#14539701)

> You're kidding me.

> I'm in the UK

That's why. This list is very US-centric. The disparity between metro US and metro UK is indeed that high.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by chambo622 on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:23PM (#14539610)

Based on talking to peers at my company who work in the UK, and corroborating stories from friends at similar companies, UK salaries are dramatically lower across the board.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by Keats on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:43AM (#14543578)

You can replace "UK" by "the rest of the world" and it would still be accurate. For example, UK has probably the highest salaries in Europe.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by user5994461 on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:41PM (#14539792)

A one bedroom is not $3000+ either.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by djmobley on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:52PM (#14539916)

A one bedroom in London is easily $2000 though, so that only explains $12k difference in salary.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by user5994461 on Monday June 12, 2017 @03:04PM (#14540043)

Doesn't make sense to count in dollars. You are not paid in dollars in London.

It's fluff talk about the exchange rate. It sure was more than $2000 last year when it was £1 for $1.5.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by seanmcdirmid on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:53PM (#14539933)

London, Cambridge...rents aren't low.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by sonthonax on Monday June 12, 2017 @04:09PM (#14540639)

They very easily are. And cost per square foot is higher in London, so you're in a smaller place.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by stingrae on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:27PM (#14539659)

Honestly, looking at the list and knowing how much people get paid at Google.(from personal experience) I found the salaries to be quite low in total compensation.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by dsacco on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:37PM (#14539765)

I know fresh grads in the NYC area who have been offered $130k/year in total compensation from Google and Facebook. I've also known several engineers at Google making in the range of $300k-$500k/year.

There's going to be self-reporting bias here, but these salaries look right to me for bootcamp grads getting offers from the big tech companies.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by muro on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:40PM (#14539784)

as a starter offer? They have a wide range in the spreadsheet, but still overall high.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by kevinrpope on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:25PM (#14539632)

When I lived in London in the late 2000s, dev salaries were shockingly low relative to what we saw in the states both before and after living in the UK.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by em500 on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:31PM (#14539696)

And most of the rest of Europe is lower than London still.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by ktu100 on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:25PM (#14539636)

anecdotal evidence from Facebook: if you transfer to London office instead of Bay Area, your salary gets slashed 20%

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by bencoder on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:28PM (#14539674)

That would still be very high for London/uk

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by mixmastamyk on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:29PM (#14539681)

Wow, and it's not like London is cheap.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by ninjaroar on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:36PM (#14539755)

is that after conversion?

e.g.: 200k USD would equal (200 * 0.79 USD/GBP * 0.8) = 126k GBP?

I wonder if it is because salaries were set before the pound plummetted due to brexit.

For most companies, you at least get more vacation days in London, but i think facebook US already provides 21 business days, I would imagine facebook UK is the standard 5 weeks?

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by jwarren on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:25PM (#14539639)

Similar... and by quite a margin too. This is very sobering.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by rajeshp1986 on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:35PM (#14539747)

As an engineer who moved to US from India, I feel I am at loss while negotiating salary as I don't have a clear idea on how much people really make. I wish there could be a way to determine how much salary you should negotiate.

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Re:Anonymized list of engineering salaries from bootcamp grads by ben174 on Monday June 12, 2017 @08:22PM (#14542167)

http://h1bdata.info That's a public listing of all H1B salaries, should be all the information you need.

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