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1. https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/download/spreadsheets/...
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Lots of things involving cloud computing, performance, SRE, software development. I'm still an individual contributor, although I consult with many others. I'm often working at the cutting edge, problems that haven't been solved before, but not always. Whatever the company needs I'm happy to do, whether it's glamorous or not. AFAIK, to get to my range and beyond, you need to be a top performer (and bring a multiple i…
You can NOT include the company name, on a side note Netflix employees seems to be really well paid (300-400k)
I only know all this from talking to a friend who tried to poach a Netflix employee, maybe someone who actually works there can chime in.
It's strange to me that these salary discussions are so narrowly focused on just pay/bonus and don't seem to care about benefits and work/life balance. Here's stuff I track in my own career spreadsheet and compare new jobs against these metrics when considering a new one: * Vacation, sick, and holiday time off * Distance to work and traffic considerations * Relative cost of living * Health insurance cost and coverage…
It's strange to me that these salary discussions are so narrowly focused on just pay/bonus and don't seem to care about benefits and work/life balance. Here's stuff I track in my own career spreadsheet and compare new jobs against these metrics when considering a new one: * Vacation, sick, and holiday time off * Distance to work and traffic considerations * Relative cost of living * Health insurance cost and coverage…
"Is this job right for me" is of course far more complex topic but that's not the point of the salary discussion, IMO.
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> "I'm afraid it's not a particularly friendly community for women" Anti-female, sexist, or insensitive-about-female-issue posts regularly get downvoted and flagged, from what I've seen.
The worst posts certainly get downvoted and flagged. The problem is the posts that sound reasonable but aren't. It gets tiring and somewhat depressing trying to educate people about the same things over and over again.
Also some moderation of shit rows wouldn't be hard. After that this dataset might become very interesting indeed.
One thing to note here: European salaries are often quoted post tax, so they look substantially smaller than an American job with similar take-home.