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What other industry has it's interview process so transparent with such high rewards?
> 2. What's your background? > Male. Two years of professional experience. Bachelors. Non-ivy league school. Previously from a unicorn startup . I'm mentioning these because people ask, not that I think they matter. Being an alumni from unicorn startup is my guess on why he got these offers. People are obsessed with salaries and positions which I think is unhealthy. But what I find ironic is that I have always heard…
Also not having money will often cause unhappiness.
Here in Australia there is no point even being a software engineer. 2 years experience will be 90k base, I don't even know what a sign on or bonus is because we don't even have them, and your wage will rise with inflation. Inflation seems to be a fairly garbage number so I would say your wage goes down each year. There are plenty of other jobs that are much easier that pay the same. Australia is not an innovative or…
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Yeah and I would never want to work in Switzerland. Switzerland is such a hypocritical country it is not even funny. Everyone and their dog is such a rude creature that you cannot even shower at 2.00 am when you arrive from a business trip because it annoys your neighbors. Sure there are quadrillions of other positive things in Switzerland but not all of us would change money for "european social equality lalaland"
Wow. Seems like you feel personally attacked. I noticed that you defend working in the US a lot in this thread... not sure what is up with that. But I hope you can somehow relax about this discussion... And btw. I never said everyone should live there. I said I do not want to live in the US.
I guess I need to move to Silicon Valley. These numbers are insane for two years and an undergrad degree. I have 32 years experience and I don't get these kinds of offers. This is either complete BS or the guy is a savant. Something smells fishy here.
They seem a bit higher than what I would normally expect for 2 year experience; sometimes a successful startup and some salary negotiations can give you a boost. But recall: $1 USD (SFO) != $1 USD (Almost anywhere else). And there are some other downsides, you work very long hours in a company of 70%+ men. I think quality of life in South Bay for most isn't as nice as much less affluent places. It depends on your cup…
Why is it a downside for someone who has no bias against men? Would you call a downside working for example as a registered nurse just because there are too many women?
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Couple thoughts: 1) This engineer is getting offers from FB, Goog, etc. They are definitely in the top 1% of engineers in terms of interviewing ability if not in terms of engineering ability. 2) No salary increases do not slow down. A friend of mine has 4 years of experience, is a top 1-5% engineer/interviewer and had multiple offers at 350-500k. 3) Sustainable? No. This is a supply/demand issue and supply is increas…
Facebook and Google are making over $1 million in revenue/yr per employee. They can afford to pay this.
403 Error. TLDR the author had 2 years experience 1) Google - 140k base, 107.5k RSUs, 50k sign on, 15% bonus 2) Facebook - 160k base, 75k RSUs, 70k sign on, 10% bonus 3) Lyft - 170k base, 180k RSUs, 20k sign on 4) Dropbox - 162k base, 114k RSUs, 10k sign on 5) Airbnb - 152k base, 75k RSUs, 13.5k sign on 6) Palantir - 150k base, 51k stock options, 25k sign on, 25k bonus
Here in Australia there is no point even being a software engineer. 2 years experience will be 90k base, I don't even know what a sign on or bonus is because we don't even have them, and your wage will rise with inflation. Inflation seems to be a fairly garbage number so I would say your wage goes down each year. There are plenty of other jobs that are much easier that pay the same. Australia is not an innovative or…
Silicon Valley is an anomaly when it comes to salary. $90k would be considered an excellent salary for most of the world's software developers. Even in most parts of the US a salary like that is considered quite good for 2 years experience.
The thing about the US though is that in places where you get offered 90k, house prices are about half what they are here. The amount of tech companies you have in Tennessee is more than all the tech companies in Australia. So you don't really get those types of jobs here.
There was a question on gender and race in the article comments. I am wondering how much does this play in the numbers game? Do tech companies ask this in their application process (in SF, USA anyway)? Are they even allowed to? Can they find out? Do they have recruitment teams sniffing out applicant's social media to find out? Sidenote: One of my favourite replies on the article comments: > Can you share your gender…