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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by akhilcacharya on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @12:34AM (#18343382)
My friend is making about that as a new grad at a trading company.

He writes performant React code for high-speed table rendering. I know another guy making about that much at FB as a new grad. He works on Messenger games.

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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by symlinkk on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @12:52AM (#18343452)
So in other words it's about how rich your company is, not how good your skillset is.
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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by twblalock on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:00AM (#18343640)
The rich companies are generally pretty demanding about the skillsets of job applicants. They can afford to be picky.
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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by pm90 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @01:28AM (#18343556)
It’s both. You might be able to get a great offer, but usually won’t be able to get promoted without the skills.
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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by akhilcacharya on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @04:53AM (#18344138)
Not really. The richest companies (1T peak valuations) don’t pay new grads this much.
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