Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level

Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by jcadam on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:49PM (#15810220)

I know, I'm 37 and I'm off the scale, apparently. And here in Florida I'm making about the median for a Junior dev in Silicon Valley. For sake of comparison, my first programming job (in Colorado) paid $55k, back in the mid 2000s.

I'd jump at a remote gig in a heartbeat. Right now I'm stuck in an 80s vintage cubicle in a windowless office in an old, dust/mold/despair smelling office building while the beautiful Florida winter passes by outside.

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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by b212 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @02:22AM (#15814013)

Is it so hard to get SV/Seattle remote jobs even for someone like you (national living in the US)?

I know a bunch of people from eg. Eastern Europe who work for SV startups remotely. I'm European and planning on looking for remote US jobs within the next 2-3 years, hopefully the market is not that bad?

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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by jcadam on Thursday November 30, 2017 @08:46AM (#15815622)

Yes, competition for dev jobs at actual software/tech companies is pretty fierce. I spent years trying to get hired by SV/SF/NYC tech companies (well-known, not so-well known, small startups, etc.), both onsite (when I was younger and more mobile), and remote (more recently).

Never could get to an offer :/ so I work in govt contracting, where the only requirements are having a clearance (which requires being a US citizen) and a butt capable of occupying a seat (actually having a pulse is a plus, but not necessarily required).

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