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Re: Engineers Salary Data

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Post by mrg3_2013 »

jaclaz wrote: post #20
mrg3_2013 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone downvote this thread already! Yeah, it's a satire as proven by "UPDATE: I get lot of immigration related questions from Pakistan and Bangladesh. I think your best immigration option is CHINA. Thank you!"

Well, he is a prolific satire Author then, compare with: https://careeradvise.quora.com/Best-Ways-to-Save-Money-in-US... https://www.quora.com/Why-do-most-of-the-top-JEE-rankers-AIR... ?

* If all Americans stop paying for Cable TV, it will also shrink the trade deficit by 8%*

This guy...writes :)

Re: Engineers Salary Data

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Post by nunez »

kevlar1818 wrote: post #4

> Starting salaries for fresh software engineering graduates is now $130K-160K. For the best ones its ~$180K. If you are doing a major in anything except CS you are a * I'm becoming convinced that this post is satire.

Not satire; they are including stock comp

Re: Engineers Salary Data

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Post by acconrad »

How is the HN community upvoting this? There is not a single piece of actual data that actually backs any single one of these outlandish salary claims. This is all hearsay from one single source with no proof whatsoever.

Given that HN has been on a fake news crusade (and rightly so), I would expect we would have the critical thinking not to entertain this kind of nonsense.

Re: Engineers Salary Data

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Post by grzm »

acconrad wrote: post #24

How is the HN community upvoting this? There is not a single piece of actual data that actually backs any single one of these outlandish salary claims. This is all hearsay from one single source with no proof whatsoever. Given that HN has been on a fake news crusade (and rightly so), I would expect we would have the critical thinking not to entertain this kind of nonsense.

As of the time of this comment, the story is marked '[flagged]'.

You do have some specific criticisms, which is great. Statements such as How is the HN community upvoting this? and Given that HN has been on a fake news crusade (and rightly so), I would expect we would have the critical thinking not to entertain this kind of nonsense. are generalized swipes at the community you're participating in. There are many more than 21 people on HN (the number of upvotes this has received so far). Painting the whole community with the same broad brush is unfair.

Re: Engineers Salary Data

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Post by jeandejean »

stale2002 wrote: post #23
EduardoBautista wrote: post #15

Saying that India has better engineering programs than the USA really makes me believe this is some sort of satire.

I'm facebook friends with this guy. ..... Unfortunately, it is NOT satire.....

You are so convincing, we must believe you then if you are friend with the fraud on Facebook…

Re: Engineers Salary Data

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Post by jeandejean »

freyir wrote: post #14

Numbers are higher than I've heard anywhere else. The guy apparently spent time at Microsoft, Google, and Groupon (he joined right before it collapsed), so he should know what he's talking about. Or he's trying to make a name for himself.

The only thing for sure is that he claims to have spent time at these companies. It might certainly be as phony as his numbers.

Re: Engineers Salary Data

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Post by datatad »

There are no "data" in this post -- just "citation needed" assertions that, even if true, are skewed to tech giants in the Bay area, Seattle, and maybe NY finance scene. These numbers are easily the 90th or greater percentile of software engineering compensation. If you want rigorous random-sample survey data, look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Employment Statistics. The median software developer salary is around $100k ($65k for web developers - don't call yourself a web developer!), and $150k is 90th percentile. (However these don't include equity.)

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151132.htm

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151133.htm

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151134.htm

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