Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level

Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by CalChris on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @12:52PM (#15809057)

> One possible explanation is that our data is dominated by startups, which lean toward equity-heavy compensation.

This, for so many reasons, but mostly for two that stick out:

  Startups are cash poor and options rich.
  A stock option and less than market compensation aligns incentives.

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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by notyourday on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:06PM (#15809767)

i.e. startups value compensation in number of power ball tickets they issue to engineers. The number of tickets is capped at 10.

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