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Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by krschultz »

eranation wrote: post #7

I have a friend who is a cloud architect at a big-4, he is making a little more than $300k in total comp in NY (base is lower, a lot of RSUs etc), but he is more than just an engineer. He has a friend at another big-4 in NY, also a cloud architect, he is making $400k I think that the $1 million package is incorrectly calculated. This is perhaps the total package for 2-3 years, including signing bonus (vested over a c…

Quick question, who are the "Big-4"? I count Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft at a minimum.

Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by 3pt14159 »

I know some people at Google and Netflix that make that range. Really solid technical skills, strong communication skills, consistent productivity, and strong negotiation and you can get to $400k / year. I haven't heard of more than that outside of a couple cases (I know a couple high profile women that earn millions a year, but this is more because there aren't that many publicly visible women in the tech world) unless they're working for a hedgefund or as a sales engineer.

Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by ropiku »

stormqloud wrote: post #8

A few people that get interviewed by a reporter do not make a trend. I've heard of SALES ENGINEERS making that kind of money, but not technicians. The moment a programmer is working at home remote making $300K per year, the employer will find some offshore person to do it at 10% of that price. Reference Disney and the H1B debacle etc. The only way somebody as a technician is making that much money is the company they…

It's entirely possible at FB/Google/Apple/etc. They definitely have H1B employees earning that much and I'm sure they are not looking to outsource those jobs. They are looking for quality not the cheapest possible price.

Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by goldenkey »

This is a fucking joke guys. Programming is not the career job that will get you those kind of figures, if it does it sure as fuck will be more of a management position. Look guys, salaried work will never make you 'rich.' Believing it will is the same belief that a startup will succeed. You need to get out of the salary game and work for yourself or do consultantcy if you want big bucks

Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by pjbrunet »

krschultz wrote: post #11
eranation wrote: post #7

I have a friend who is a cloud architect at a big-4, he is making a little more than $300k in total comp in NY (base is lower, a lot of RSUs etc), but he is more than just an engineer. He has a friend at another big-4 in NY, also a cloud architect, he is making $400k I think that the $1 million package is incorrectly calculated. This is perhaps the total package for 2-3 years, including signing bonus (vested over a c…

Quick question, who are the "Big-4"? I count Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft at a minimum.

The "big 4" consulting giants, Google it.

Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by stormqloud »

ropiku wrote: post #13
stormqloud wrote: post #8

A few people that get interviewed by a reporter do not make a trend. I've heard of SALES ENGINEERS making that kind of money, but not technicians. The moment a programmer is working at home remote making $300K per year, the employer will find some offshore person to do it at 10% of that price. Reference Disney and the H1B debacle etc. The only way somebody as a technician is making that much money is the company they…

It's entirely possible at FB/Google/Apple/etc. They definitely have H1B employees earning that much and I'm sure they are not looking to outsource those jobs. They are looking for quality not the cheapest possible price.

Right up until the time the companies are asked to pay taxes.

Anyone can give out $300K per year jobs when they are global monopolies that pay no income taxes in any jurisdiction.

These are short term anomalies not structural jobs indicate any kind of long term trend.

Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by SecConsult »

goldenkey wrote: post #14

This is a fucking joke guys. Programming is not the career job that will get you those kind of figures, if it does it sure as fuck will be more of a management position. Look guys, salaried work will never make you 'rich.' Believing it will is the same belief that a startup will succeed. You need to get out of the salary game and work for yourself or do consultantcy if you want big bucks

People might not like your comment and have different opinions, but as person who did exactly what you said and now making around 420k/yr for cyber security consulting, I have to say, you are 100% right.

Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by crucialfelix »

krschultz wrote: post #11
eranation wrote: post #7

I have a friend who is a cloud architect at a big-4, he is making a little more than $300k in total comp in NY (base is lower, a lot of RSUs etc), but he is more than just an engineer. He has a friend at another big-4 in NY, also a cloud architect, he is making $400k I think that the $1 million package is incorrectly calculated. This is perhaps the total package for 2-3 years, including signing bonus (vested over a c…

Quick question, who are the "Big-4"? I count Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft at a minimum.

Pricewater Coopers, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG

Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by imjk »

krschultz wrote: post #11
eranation wrote: post #7

I have a friend who is a cloud architect at a big-4, he is making a little more than $300k in total comp in NY (base is lower, a lot of RSUs etc), but he is more than just an engineer. He has a friend at another big-4 in NY, also a cloud architect, he is making $400k I think that the $1 million package is incorrectly calculated. This is perhaps the total package for 2-3 years, including signing bonus (vested over a c…

Quick question, who are the "Big-4"? I count Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft at a minimum.

I assumed he was talking about accounting firms: PWC, EY, Deloitte, & KPMG.

Re: Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?

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Post by acquacow »

stormqloud wrote: post #8

A few people that get interviewed by a reporter do not make a trend. I've heard of SALES ENGINEERS making that kind of money, but not technicians. The moment a programmer is working at home remote making $300K per year, the employer will find some offshore person to do it at 10% of that price. Reference Disney and the H1B debacle etc. The only way somebody as a technician is making that much money is the company they…

Sales engineer chiming in... You can certainly come close, though I've never hit it... depends on the year/etc...

I do a lot of architecting of cloud storage solutions involving flash storage in my role. Lots of work to engineer solutions into existing hardware/environment, some rip and replace... Not sure if that makes me a technician or not...

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