Ask HN: What steps can I take to earn $250K+?

Re:Ask HN: What steps can I take to earn $250K+? by throwawaymath on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:35PM (#17519193)

Any of these companies will get you to $250k+ annual compensation in 0 - 3 years, depending on your current experience.

Tech:

- Google

- Facebook

- Salesforce

- Bloomberg

Finance:

- Renaissance Technologies

- DE Shaw

- Citadel

- Two Sigma

Since you're already on the East Coast, if you're presently located in - or can easily relocate to - the NYC metro area, getting hired at one of these companies is probably the most straightforward path to that goal. Entrepreneurship and consulting can also get you there, but that's a less straightforward path. These aren't the only companies either, mind you, these are just the ones I'm personally familiar with.

Particularly towards the financial side of things, it wouldn't be outlandish to earn significantly more than that in first year compensation if you're placed on the right team. Considering you already have a decade of experience and a graduate degree in computer science, if you do well on the interview I'd estimate you'd reach your goal somewhere between immediately and 1.5 years in.

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Re:Ask HN: What steps can I take to earn $250K+? by minhazm423 on Saturday July 21, 2018 @04:49AM (#17581312)

But how do you get to the point where you're even attractive to these companies? Without being from a target school or having an insane number of years of experience?

Also the finance companies, you mean a job in the front right? Programming tools or whatever?

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Re:Ask HN: What steps can I take to earn $250K+? by beisner on Friday July 13, 2018 @10:36AM (#17523272)

Best strategy is to shop around, many of these companies will match or exceed offers from the others, so you can get them to bid up significantly.

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