Why Hiring for Start-ups is so Hard Right Now.

Re:Why Hiring for Start-ups is so Hard Right Now. by purewater on Monday March 07, 2011 @01:37AM (#2296296)

There's a difference between average and high-end:

Washington D.C. Avg Software Engineer salary: 102k http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Software-Engineer-l-Washingto...

Bay Area Avg Software Engineer salary: 113k http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Software-Engineer-Bay-Area-l-...

Except none of my friends in the bay area make that little. In fact, few of my friends in their late 20s are making under $200k a year in terms of what they write on their tax returns (total compensation package).

Your experience and the "average" typically are not comparable.

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Re:Why Hiring for Start-ups is so Hard Right Now. by endtime on Monday March 07, 2011 @04:02AM (#2296557)

What kinds of companies are paying your friends $200k to write software?

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Re:Why Hiring for Start-ups is so Hard Right Now. by purewater on Monday March 07, 2011 @06:32AM (#2296806)

Usually it's not $200k salary, but compensation package. A typical example is: $165k base salary, $25k annual bonus, $40k stock.

Sorry, I won't mention any particular companies, but if you're close to anyone at a major software firm, you should easily be able to find out what it's like.

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