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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by glitchc on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:04AM (#21966599)
These are not salaries. It’s total comp. My total comp. calculating pension and benefits in the Great White North is similar, and that’s govt. to boot. Total comp is always a highly misleading number.
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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by eclipxe on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:16AM (#21966658)
These numbers aren't including benefits (medical, dental, 401k match, etc). These are salary, RSU, bonus.
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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by joshuamorton on Monday January 06, 2020 @01:01AM (#21966871)
If you added benefits to these, it would likely be an additional 50K a year (healthcare, 401k match, other incidentals).
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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by pxx on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:15AM (#21966651)
Your pension and benefits are not immediately liquid and wouldn't be included in this comparison.

RSUs from publicly listed companies, on the other hand...

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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by bostonfincs on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:32AM (#21966746)
This is total comp outside pension/benefits. So solely salary + bonus + RSU. Only income earned directly not benefits.
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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by andreilys on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:17AM (#21966661)
Really? I’m surprised. Every offer I’ve gotten in Canada has been 20-30% of US offers (and this is in high CoL cities like Vancouver and Toronto)
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