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Re:How much I made as a good Engineer at Facebook by objclxt on Thursday December 03, 2020 @04:21AM (#25287134)
> Never knew the numbers were like this.

What’s missing from this post is how common it is. E8 at Facebook is extremely rare. I can’t remember the exact percentage when I was there, but it’s around 1-2%.

E5 at FB is a terminal level, many engineers don’t get beyond that. I worked on a team of several hundred engineers and we only had one or two E7s, and nothing higher.

To put this in perspective: at FB, E8 is the individual contributor equivalent of engineering director.

Re:How much I made as a good Engineer at Facebook by johnx123-up on Thursday December 03, 2020 @04:48AM (#25287329)
Is the mentioned E5 salary (304k) above average or?
Re:How much I made as a good Engineer at Facebook by exged on Friday December 04, 2020 @12:47AM (#25299424)
Below average for someone joining as a new E5 employee, especially if stock refreshers and equity appreciation is taken into account.
Re:How much I made as a good Engineer at Facebook by bawolff on Thursday December 03, 2020 @04:31AM (#25287196)
The post does say that this is rare and the extreme upper end of compensation.