People say you should work at startups because that's where the interesting work (and money) is. That's backwards! danluu.com/startup-tradeo…
Me: Conservative $ estimate @ big companies.
BigCo employees: Yep, very conservative.
Internet: Impossible! No one makes that much.
#talkpay
BigCo employees: Yep, very conservative.
Internet: Impossible! No one makes that much.
#talkpay
Two recent negotiation stories from peeps:
1. Senior at BigCo, not SF: asked for $450k total comp, company said yes, asked if they'd prefer relatively more bonus or RSUs.
2. Senior at SF unicorn: asked for $205k salary, company came back with $220k salary (plus equity).
#talkpay
1. Senior at BigCo, not SF: asked for $450k total comp, company said yes, asked if they'd prefer relatively more bonus or RSUs.
2. Senior at SF unicorn: asked for $205k salary, company came back with $220k salary (plus equity).
#talkpay
Median comp package at FB is $240k/yr (this number is skewed low since it's over all employees, not just engineers): wsj.com/articles/at-fa….
Google, Amazon, etc. pay similarly. Combined, these companies employ > 100k programmers in the U.S out of maybe 3M-ish programmers
Google, Amazon, etc. pay similarly. Combined, these companies employ > 100k programmers in the U.S out of maybe 3M-ish programmers
This tweet brought to you by the latest HN thread on comp, where people re-assure themselves that $ numbers like these are basically "big fish stories" and no one makes this much money.
It's fine to turn down💰. I've done it before. But please don't spread disinformation!
It's fine to turn down💰. I've done it before. But please don't spread disinformation!
