Americans Now Need at Least $500k a Year to Enter Top 1%

Re:Americans Now Need at Least $500k a Year to Enter Top 1% by adrianpike on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @08:01PM (#21277524)

Honestly it really depends on skillset, location, company, project history. You've got 10yrs exp, I'm guessing you're a strong senior engineer (which again, overloaded term, but IMO it means you can solve problems on your own and can unblock your teammates vs. block them) - I'd ballpark 175 -> 225. Go to a FAANG and you can stretch total comp up into the mid-250s.

If your skills and what's shiny in the market right now are all concentric, you can add 100k's on top. (Just left FB on the internal React team? Been on Netflix's recommendation model team? SRE working with core Kubernetes? Cha-ching!)

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Re:Americans Now Need at Least $500k a Year to Enter Top 1% by throwaway981211 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:29PM (#21278114)

At Google or FB you’d earn upwards of 300-400K in a senior role. I don’t think being on the shiny stuff t your previous company will help unless you’re known in the industry, as in you’re brought out as a Distinguished engineer or similar VP/ equivalent IC role - source: I interview at a FANG.

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