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Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by FlyingLawnmower » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:18 AM UTC

akhilcacharya wrote: post #2

These seem pretty standard for 2 years experience?

Is it really possible to get 180K RSUs per year with just 2 years of experience?

That's more than the standard new grad Rsu grant at Google/FB/Microsoft/Amazon, which vests over 4 years. I can't imagine that 2 years of experience plus some negotiating quadruples the stock signing bonus.

Everything else seems high, but within the realm of possibility...however, the RSU grants seem to be abnormally high to me. OP claims that he gets the listed amount per year in stock, not vesting over four years.

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by bdcravens » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:19 AM UTC

cyberferret wrote: post #42

King-Aaron wrote: post #28

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I can give you some direct insight on that. First of all, she would have experienced severe gender bias. I don't think it needs an explanation when you consider a demographic of mostly low-to-moderately-educated men in the workforce and everyone living in fairly close quarters. Secondly, the conditions are harsh. You work around 14-hour days in 35-45 degree C heat. This wears out people very quickly. It can get so ho…

I figured it would have been something like this. She was a fairly attractive young lady. Very capable, but I am thinking she would have copped a fair amount of harrassment just due to her gender. I am several male friends in the mining and offshore oil rig game too, and those jobs appear to suit young people without a family and little social life. Once relationships and kids come into the equation, that shift regim…

I know someone in Brisbane who did the mining thing who went to General Assembly and accepted the first job he could get his hands on - he knew mining wasn't sustainable.

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by koevet » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:20 AM UTC

These numbers should be taken with a grain of salt. I live in Zurich, Switzerland and I have a similar salary (~200K) but the high cost of living (which, I assume, is similar if not lower than the Bay Area) make my salary comparable to an "ok" salary in other European countries. Just to give you an idea: the overall cost of school + a nanny for 2 kids under 6 is around 70K year in Zurich.

As other have mentioned, the sign up bonus is quite awesome, but I assume is not the standard in the US either.

edited: nannies -> nanny

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by ec109685 » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:22 AM UTC

volgo wrote: post #96

ChicagoDave wrote: post #9

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.

Nope definitely not fishy. I'm 2 years out of college and $180k salary + 250k RSU. SF is expensive these days. And also remember California grabs 9% of your income so it goes down by a lot

Also, remember there are tax brackets. So you won’t be taxed at 9% for all your salary. If you made 180k, your CA tax rate is 7.53%.

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Post by GuiA » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:23 AM UTC

adventured wrote: post #117

GuiA wrote: post #83

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and probably pay a lot more taxes This is a misconception about the US. Compared to Europe, engineers tend to proportionally pay as much taxes, and sometimes even a bit more (!) in the US. You get tremendously LESS for your taxes though, both at the city/state level and national level.

That's not a misconception. The US has a far more progressive tax system than Western Europe. People earning $40k to $80k in the US pay extremely little in taxes versus most comparable nations. If you're making $47,000 in the US, you're paying near a 10% effective federal income tax rate ( before any deductions). That income level, which is the median US full-time income, is far higher than nearly every other median…

Interesting, thanks for the write up.

My post came from the fact that as an engineer in Silicon Valley about 45% of my salary goes in taxes, which is more than if I were an engineer in my native European country (where obviously the pay would be much less).

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Post by mchaver » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:24 AM UTC

40acres wrote: post #101

It always strikes me as odd at how much HN complanies about hiring practices in tech. Spend a few weeks with Leetcode and CTCI and you have a decent shot at salaries in this range at the BigCo's (depends on location of course). What other industry has it's interview process so transparent with such high rewards?

What is CTCI? Search engines didn't return any results that make sense.

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by amalfra » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:24 AM UTC

shubhamjain wrote: post #29

It seems standard way to get a great compensation is to sit down and exercise all the run-of-the-mill algorithmic questions because that will matter the most in the end. Further optimisation could be made by being less fearful about negotiating the offer. Asking for 10% more would never hurt [1]. I am not a fierce critic of BigCo. interviewing practises but it seems a little disappointing that coding side-projects, c…

I think having a tier 1 college degree matters the most even in getting an interview, atleast here in India. This is from my experience of seeing increasing job posts having tier 1 college degree as requirement and colleagues I know having good college degree having no difficulty in getting interviews(github code, portfolio etc really doesn't matter)

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:25 AM UTC

simonbarker87 wrote: post #91

fnl wrote: post #80

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Agreed. Nobody takes into account the total loss of social security in the US. Healthcare, retirement, child aid, education, .... If anything, I'd be upset if I were living in the US about other jobs not earning at least that much, to make ends meet, particularly given the huge risks everyone has to shoulder on their own.

In the UK my wife and I loose 25-30% of our pay checks to tax and national insurance and I would imagine the cost of living in the UK is comparable to the US. Our household income is considered pretty high in the UK as well so it’s not that we are badly paid in UK terms

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Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by ec109685 » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:26 AM UTC

dingo_bat wrote: post #75

friedButter wrote: post #68

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They make you validate your work email, which is then linked to every post you make on the platform :) This will blow up one day.

I really don't get it. How is it "anonymous" in any way?

Other people on blind don’t know who you are when you post.

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by bdcravens » Mon, Dec 04, 2017, 7:27 AM UTC

aroundtown wrote: post #62

Well this makes me feel terrible... Your sign on was probably for more than I've made in my professional career. My first job after graduating 10 years ago was for 45k per year. I have had an awful lot of bad luck since graduating and have yet to be paid more than that since. Every job I've had paid progressively less, always took them cause I needed the job. My last programming job paid $14 an hour. Can anyone offer…

Where are you in Texas? I'm in Houston, and those numbers don't jive with my experience (since 2000, making $30 an hour in the lowest paying jobs, and making well more than that on a regular basis)