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That’s a pretty defeatist attitude
That's a funny way of spelling "realistic". These companies want The Right Stuff, and it's easy to tell if you yourself aren't it.
And yes, exactly, it's easy to tell yourself you aren't the right stuff and thus never try. That's defeatism, not realism.
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I’ve written extensive ruby at 2 of the companies listed on this site (including my current job which is 100% ruby)
Which? I've had conversations worth Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon that all got weird about Ruby. If there are hidden Ruby jobs, I'd love a referral to them
I've never spoke w/ Microsoft or Amazon in any depth - but have gone through interview processes w/ Google and FB, neither were too concerned about seeing Ruby on my resume. Curious what "getting all weird" means?
As an average potential software engineer in the Midwest, it's at first exciting to see these salaries, but I also feel the need to check myself and realize that, in some ways, this is another universe to which I probably don't have access.
The get rich quick paradigm of tech makes everyone think they're not worthy.
Its a marathon. Not a sprint.
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Keep in mind that new hire salaries at the same level are typically higher than folks internally who have been at that level for some time. The market rate has actually gone up significantly in last 1-2 years.
This uhh isn't normally the case at Google. There are almost no cases where a new grad will make more in base salary than an existing employee. And relatively few where a new grad will make more in tc than an existing employee, although that does happen.
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I've been struggling with a similar question lately (only Poland instead of the UK and... the UK instead of the US) and here's what I've come up with: It's not about being paid poorly/well - it's about serving a specific market segment. To give an example: I work for a company based in Poland so I get to do "Tier 3" stuff, namely churn out apps with a Java back-end and an Angular/React/Vue/whatever front-end. I make…
> churn out apps with a Java back-end and an Angular/React/Vue/whatever front-end That's basically what all of us product engineers at FB do, it's just that there's so much competition for engineers here that they have to pay us well.
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Right now, Google wants to interview me as a front end dev (I have an on site in a couple weeks). Thing is, I'm not; I'm a backend/ infrastructure person. But of their languages I knew Javascript the best. So they gave me a phone screen in that, which I passed; but can I handle an on site in something I haven't really touched in 5 years? Will I read as senior even if I pass?
The interview is mostly algorithms. It's not gonna be front end trivia.
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why do you keep re-interviewing? Is it for different roles?
Dude really wants there.
I am currently at another FAANG though, and may not leave my company ever, even if it would likely up my compensation.
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You forget that many of these compensation numbers include a large portion of equity that many people hold for 1yr to get long term capital gains tax of just 15%. Many of these equity packages include components that can top 6 figures a year. $100k in equity every year for 4 years is not an unreasonable equity package for a mid-senior engineers (5+yrs exp).
> You forget that many of these compensation numbers include a large portion of equity that many people hold for 1yr to get long term capital gains tax of just 15%. Actually for RSUs you are taxed at vest, so it's your pay tax rate (probably in the realm of 35%+). What's taxed at 15% after a year is any additional gain from vest time. So if you get 4 google stock at $1000 a piece, they sell 2 to cover your tax liabil…
Stock gain does account for a significant portion of comp the past couple of years though so it’s not a small thing.
Options (vs RSUs) also have slightly different mechanics.
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This is false - employers do give less. My own FAANG stock for my initial compensation when I joined my company was at $105k in RSUs, and they jumped up about 35% (was even higher, but the market is a little volatile currently). My refresh grant after a little over a year was $125k in RSUs, which turned out to be less stock by a not insignificant percentage compared to my first grant! My read of the numbers floating…
Is the stock posted here a full package (vesting over several years) or yearly vest amount?
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Consider adding non-binary genders to the comp reporting. Something as simple as 'other' or 'non-binary' would be nice. The challenges that non-binary folks face can sometimes be different, and it might be nice to see that reflected in the comp tool. Edit: I wouldn't ask, except that the tool already asks for gender. If you are already asking for a gender, you should consider include options beyond male/female. Curio…