The rise of the pointless job

Re:The rise of the pointless job by pbrb on Friday May 04, 2018 @01:28PM (#16996379)

Which city? I'm in the midwest and would need that comp to relocate to SF or NY ;( didn't think it would actually be viable. Actually, if you have some time for some questions, can you PM me?

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by askafriend on Friday May 04, 2018 @02:26PM (#16996986)

You can get that comp as a senior engineer at any decent large company or any of the FANG companies.

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by vonmoltke on Friday May 04, 2018 @06:00PM (#16998749)

What non-FAANG company pays that much for an IC or lead (excluding hedge funds)? If any are in NY I would love to know the names.

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by pbrb on Friday May 04, 2018 @05:32PM (#16998541)

I guess I'll have to brush up on whiteboard interviews. It just seems goofy that 350k is normal! I'm a sr engineer in chicago, and thought there was no way I could command the salary needed to make COL worth it.

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by duderific on Friday May 04, 2018 @07:34PM (#16999287)

I think that's far from normal...if you look at any board of average senior level engineering salaries, even in Silicon Valley and even at the FAANG companies, it's nowhere near that.

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by pjscott on Friday May 04, 2018 @10:37PM (#17000033)

Wait, are we talking about salary or total compensation? The latter includes things like stock, and is often quite a bit bigger.

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