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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by onion2k on Thursday November 30, 2017 @01:51AM (#15813934)
More senior engineers will get an extra 10-25% each year essentially automatically.

The reason part of your salary is a bonus rather than the base is so that it can be withheld if necessary, eg in a bad year. Believing that bonus is an automatic extra 10% will, one day, leave you 10% short of your expectations.

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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by fpisfun on Thursday November 30, 2017 @03:08AM (#15814149)
Yep, my company cut bonuses this year, so no 10% for me, definitely not something to count on.
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Re:Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience L... by lostboys67 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:59AM (#15814643)
Depends if its contractual or not
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