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Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by monaghanboy »

wwalser wrote: post #94

In every single thread where someone publicly discloses rates like this the comments are flooded with people who use all kinds of FUD to explain why what they've just read must be untrue. It's strange. > Are these numbers real? Yes. I'm not the author, but they don't appear at all unusual to me. SF's developer market is nearly as screwed up as it's housing market (except not really, the housing market is truly someth…

>We have a shortage on one side of the market. It will be relatively short lived.

Can you support the latter claim?

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by Nursie »

These are insane compared to the UK.

17 years ago I started out on £21k, which was considered pretty reasonable. Two years later I switched job and got £35k and over the next few years until I hit the 10 year mark I pushed it up to almost £50k. At that point AFAICT I was actually doing better than average.

I'm now contracting in the financial world, earning well over twice that figure, but while I can match the salary the various otions, bonuses etc put a guy two years out of college in SV well ahead of the game.

I like the bay area, too...

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by izacus »

TamDenholm wrote: post #136

Can someone explain what RSU's are? I'm assuming its something specific to being American and since i'm not i'm afraid i'm not familiar with the term. Thanks

"Restricted Stock Units" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restricted_stock .

It's basically company stock you get after you've been there awhile.

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by siddharthdeswal »

usaphp wrote: post #106
cjhanks wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> And there are some other downsides, you work very long hours in a company of 70%+ men 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?

Or working in a coal mine with over 90% men?

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by Redoubts »

TamDenholm wrote: post #136

Can someone explain what RSU's are? I'm assuming its something specific to being American and since i'm not i'm afraid i'm not familiar with the term. Thanks

"Restricted Stock Units". Company grants you the $$$ worth of stock, but access is spread out over time (i.e. 1/8th of it every 6mo over 4 yr)

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by sidlls »

mchaver wrote: post #126
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.

Cracking the Coding Interview. It's a book by a software coder about how to pass code interviews at places like Facebook and Google. I suspect the author makes more money on the book than she ever did as a coder.

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Post by milofeynman »

mathgladiator wrote: post #27
curiousgal wrote: post #10

> Thankfully I had FB and Google referrals else I doubt I would have gotten a reply at all.

This is one of the things that really sucks about the industry. It is a new "boy's club", and if you know people in the club then the barrier to entry is easier (if you can code at a reasonable capacity).

If you are applying local you can go to meetups and meet people and easily get in to interviews. The hard part is if you want to go to another city and have no contacts or networks. You can't really go to meetups there before you move. I've had to move twice for my wife's job, it's brutal losing two networks. Luckily I was able to work for my previous companies remotely. Then when I wanted to move on I attended meetups and got connected with the right people. Finding work remotely is also an option but it's really difficult getting responses. They get flooded with so many applicants you probably won't even get a reply.

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by X-Istence »

koevet wrote: post #123

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…

Most people/families in the US don't hire nannies...

Re: My offer numbers from big companies

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Post by ozcoder56 »

yuanzhen wrote: post #87

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…

Google in Australia does pay AUD 130k base with USD 80k in RSUs for someone with 2 years of experience. Not comparable with US figures, but still pretty decent.
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