michaelglarson

Re:Ask HN: Does working for big tech companies pay off more compared t... on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @12:23AM (#9060787)

Yes, experience is in the 4-5 year range. I don't know what their previous stock compensation (at earlier companies was before they made the switch). I assume that that may have had a role to play in these numbers since it would be virtually impossible to hire someone by giving them less stock than what they already have.

That said, there's a sufficient sample of such folks that I am very willing to believe that such numbers are entirely reasonable, and not hard to get.

Ask HN: Does working for big tech companies pay off more compared to startups?

Posted by michaelglarson on Monday February 16, 2015 @11:23AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Based on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9052727 (What up with these startup salaries?) I tried to do a rough calculation of whether it makes more economic sense to work for a large tech. company (apple, google, etc...) or startups. Modulo other factors, it seems that working for a large tech. company pays more on average. Here are the calculations:...

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