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Re:Ask HN: Pros and cons of working at a startup in 2018? by dunpeal on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @01:08AM (#17290840)
> What evidence do you have that significantly more than 10% of engineers earn more than $400K?

What evidence do you have to the contrary?

Compensation data isn't typically shared openly. Well-paid engineers have no reason to share their pay figures and create animosity or worse problems.

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Re:Ask HN: Pros and cons of working at a startup in 2018? by tedsanders on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @01:12AM (#17290856)
I have no strong evidence to the contrary.

I'm trying to learn the truth. The previous commenter made claims about the distribution of comp. No doubt they had reasons for believing that claim. I want to know their reasons so I can update my own beliefs.

I have made no claims so I don't understand why you are asking me for the answer. I'm trying to learn the answer! :)

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Re:Ask HN: Pros and cons of working at a startup in 2018? by joshuamorton on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @02:11AM (#17291076)
Beyond "I work at one", there's not much I'm willing to share, but suffice to say that when the majority of the people who work at these companies are saying something, perhaps they have reason to believe it is true.

There are also past threads on reddit and hacker news which include anecdata that points to such compensation being reasonably common, but again that requires believing anonymous internet people.

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