Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter

Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by jedberg on Monday May 10, 2021 @07:18PM (#27112110)

Everyone I know who moved from another FAANG took a pay cut (and everyone who left Apple to another FAANG got a fat raise). So my data is anecdotal but consistent.

Also MSFT isn't part of FAANG.

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by mtrpcic on Monday May 10, 2021 @07:30PM (#27112222)

> Until 2017, FANG was limited to Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet. Another variant of this acronym is "FANGAM," which includes Microsoft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech#FAANG

I think Microsoft is up there and competitive in the same landscape, and calling out their lack of inclusion in the original acronym is just pedantic. Everything discussed in this thread applies just as much to MSFT as it does to any of the other FAANG companies.

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by Kranar on Monday May 10, 2021 @09:39PM (#27113153)

It's not pedantic, MSFT does not pay as much as other FAANG companies. MSFT isn't by any means a bad company to work for, but it's not in the same league.

F: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Facebook/salaries/Software-En...

A: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Amazon/salaries/Software-Engi...

A: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Apple/salaries/Software-Engin...

N: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Netflix/salaries/Software-Eng...

G: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi...

M: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Microsoft/salaries/Software-E...

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by oblio on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:38PM (#27120245)

https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Facebook,Microsoft,Netflix,A...

Easier to use.

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by johnnyanmac on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @02:41PM (#27133666)

pedantic, tangential rant: I still don't understand why people include Netflix in that calibur. From what I heard and researched, Netflix doesn't hire junior talent and their scope of work is a fraction of Microsoft/Apple/Google. If competitive pay is the only distinction here, I'm sure we can expand that acronym to include a dozen more tech companies

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by novok on Monday May 10, 2021 @09:21PM (#27113046)

Basically google and FB pay the best, and then msft, amazon and apple are second tier as far as compensation goes.

Twitter, square, uber, netflix, linked-in, pinterest, dropbox, airbnb, etc are all middle-big sized and are fairly variable comp wise.

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by FartyMcFarter on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:03AM (#27117044)

I thought Netflix paid more than Google / FB (from online hearsay).

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by blaser-waffle on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:44AM (#27131632)

My understanding is that the 'Flix pays straight cash -- big ole sacks of money twice a month.

The other orgs pay in things like bonuses or RSUs.

Total comp may be as good or higher, but those aren't locked in a specific rate the way a direct deposit to your bank account is; e.g. you could get less bonus, or the stock price could drop, etc.

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