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Re:Compensation in 2019 – new grad tech offers by hello_moto on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @04:40PM (#20944447)
> and even that 100k signing bonus won't go that far in replacing student debt

Better than "zero" signing bonus. $100k takes how many years of saving money? This signing bonus is "free money" provided you stay with the company within the agreeable period.

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Re:Compensation in 2019 – new grad tech offers by tidepod12 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @04:45PM (#20944483)
> $100k takes how many years of saving money

According to one poster in this thread [1], it takes 1 (one) year for him to save up $100k without even trying.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20943752

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Re:Compensation in 2019 – new grad tech offers by hello_moto on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @05:03PM (#20944685)
He's a unicorn. The rest won't be able to pay up $100k quickly.
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Re:Compensation in 2019 – new grad tech offers by balfirevic on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @05:25PM (#20944893)
Not according to levels.fyi
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Re:Compensation in 2019 – new grad tech offers by aprdm on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @08:01PM (#20946100)
Which has mostly unicorns filling the data...
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