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Surely you have some selection bias in your Netflix-employed acquaintances. I would imagine their average/median salary is lower than that.
I also don’t know a single engineer whose total comp is below $300k at Netflix. They get paid well and the caliber of talent is top tier.
That Glassdoor reference on Netflix software engineer salaries is wrong/outdated from my understanding - I don’t know a single Netflixer making less than $300k. Netflix seems to have an unusually open culture in general, including topics such as salary - they put their money where their mouth is and basically egg everyone on to beat them. Gotta respect that a company is willing to do that (I don’t work for them, but…
Surely you have some selection bias in your Netflix-employed acquaintances. I would imagine their average/median salary is lower than that.
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How can Netflix survive if you're able to pay $15 and download every video they have?
Someone who's going to pirate can readily get all of that content from various sources already. I highly doubt that anyone has been persuaded to buy a Netflix subscription because of Netflix's use of DRM. As for 'shady' -- well, not a word I'd necessarily use, but there's plenty of examples where DRM has blocked access to legitimately purchased content.
That Glassdoor reference on Netflix software engineer salaries is wrong/outdated from my understanding - I don’t know a single Netflixer making less than $300k. Netflix seems to have an unusually open culture in general, including topics such as salary - they put their money where their mouth is and basically egg everyone on to beat them. Gotta respect that a company is willing to do that (I don’t work for them, but…
If this is true, as someone who is unemployed and doesn't watch Netflix, I can't even wrap my head around that number. On the other hand, I'm kind of happy to see that they're making real money by charging real money (unlike others where your information is the only product) and passing that on to the people who make it good.
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> so there's no ethical shell game being played Netflix has some shady stuff like DRM going on, while pretending it's not their fault it was pushed into HTML standard.
Pretty minor part of their business though
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> so there's no ethical shell game being played Netflix has some shady stuff like DRM going on, while pretending it's not their fault it was pushed into HTML standard.
How can Netflix survive if you're able to pay $15 and download every video they have?
2. Netflix claimed it's not their intent to use DRM, but demand comes from film publishers who distribute content through them.
3. Netflix make their own films now, but you can't find them DRM-free (legally).
Ergo, it's also their fault DRM was pushed into HTML. Q.E.D.
Duh. The ones that survive are making ~400k/yr pure cash and very very happy. I've heard they will fire very quickly though but those that fit into the culture must be extremely happy.
Do they fire quickly based on culture fit or some performance measure?
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If this is true, as someone who is unemployed and doesn't watch Netflix, I can't even wrap my head around that number. On the other hand, I'm kind of happy to see that they're making real money by charging real money (unlike others where your information is the only product) and passing that on to the people who make it good.
Netflix is in the red, I believe.
Without even looking at the article, I would guess so simply because what Netflix purports to do is what they actually do and how they make money, so there's no ethical shell game being played against starry-eyed junior developers.
> so there's no ethical shell game being played Netflix has some shady stuff like DRM going on, while pretending it's not their fault it was pushed into HTML standard.