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Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by s_t_away » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:36 AM UTC

Adding mine, all at Google:

  2008: Base  $90K, Total $110K
  2009: Base $110K, Total $170K
  2010: Base $130K, Total $330K
  2011: Base $200K, Total $590K
  2012: Base $220K, Total $680K
  2013: Base $220K, Total $830K
  2014: Base $230K, Total $980K
  2015: Base $240K, Total $990K
  2016: Base $250K, Total $1.2M
  2017: Base $250K, Total $1.4M
  2018: Base $265K, Total $1.5M
  2019: Base $280K

(edited for formatting)

Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by bitcoinmoney » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:36 AM UTC

throwaway0906 wrote: post #84

Didn't feel comfortable sharing on my real account, but thought some might find this interesting. Gender: male Location: east coast * 2013 - Graduated without a degree in CS. Worked at small start-up for 55k, no equity. * 2014 - Raise to 75k, 0.5% * 2015 - Raise to 85k, 1% * 2016 - Quit for a FAANG. 220k total comp. * 2017 - After 2 promos at the FAANG, ~330k. * 2018 - After good previous year, received a special sto…

You got two promos in two years? Geez

Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by pkaye » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:36 AM UTC

salarythrow1234 wrote: post #166

My progression: 23 - 45K (University sysadmin, east coast) 26 - 60k (University research systems programmer, east coast) 31 - 65k (SWE, small IHV, remote) 32-42 -- incremental raises up to $145K (senior SWE, same company) 43 - 425k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA) 44 - 390k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA) 45 - 350k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote) 46 - 400k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote) 47 - 525k (Senior SW…

Do these amounts included RSU, bonus, etc? I'm curious what the base salary would be.

Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:37 AM UTC

strikelaserclaw wrote: post #174

I have a bachelors degree in Math & CS from a mid tier state university. 2012 - 85k Big Co in NJ 2013 - 90k Big Co in NJ 2014 - 95k Big Co in NJ 2015 - 65k Startuo in NJ 2016 - 75k Startup in NJ 2017 - 100k Big Co in NJ 2018 - 100k Big Co in NJ 2019 - 130k Big Co in Dallas What i found in my experience: 1)Interviewing is a skill in itself, do it regularly 2)When interviewing, interview for multiple jobs so you can ne…

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Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by tayo42 » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:37 AM UTC

salta2019 wrote: post #55

Some context: PhD in EE, but spend most of my time coding. 2011: $100k, industry R&D lab, VA 2012: $150k, “”, “” 2013: $150k, “”, “” 2014: $0, self-employed and didn’t turn a profit 2015: $100k, academic researcher, Midwest 2016: $160k, industry R&D, SV 2017: $165k, “”, “” 2018: $170k, “”, “” Since 2016, I’ve been working in SV for a company that pays engineers all cash, a modest bonus, and no stock. I like the work…

> I don’t have enough experience with large scale systems.

I'm frustrated for you. This is a dumb reason to say no to someone. "Large systems" are a solved problem and i dont think anyone is working on some system that cant be handled. I work at one of this scale companies, there's nothing special about, people jerking them selves off.

Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by bitcoinmoney » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:39 AM UTC

Bahamut wrote: post #130

I have no qualms letting people know my comp so they know that is possible, and helped many developers in my short 6 year career get better jobs/get life changing comp. Caveat to my numbers - I am an asian male math PhD dropout from a top 15 graduate program who had hardly coded prior to his first developer job. I also have substantial open source contributions to major libraries, starting from my first developer job…

Are you counting vested RSU? A 400k 4-year vesting RSU should only be counted 100k/year. Also, why do you keep getting fired? And do you tell your employers that you got laid off?

Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by tastyface » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:39 AM UTC

Here's my fairly unusual salary progression, since we're all sharing:

• 2011 — $80k at a startup in CA, a year out of college

• 2012 — $90k, and we got acquired by an industry big fish

• 2013 — $90k, but got laid off in the middle of the year

• 2013 through 2018 — making random software, traveling, and using up my savings; made some money, but not enough to count as "salary" in any real sense

• 2018 — $240k ($180k base) as a senior SWE at a FAANG

Given my long stretch of being a software ronin, I didn't expect to get what I got in 2018, but I did my research (mostly on Blind), asked for what I wanted, and then asked for a little more on top when I realized that I was selling myself short.

Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by salarythrow0 » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:42 AM UTC

Sharing my numbers (all numbers include bonus and liquid stock). I graduated with a degree in computer science. All are in the bay area, all are Android development.

2016 - $110k + $10k sign on = $120k @ BigCo

2017 - $125k @ Startup

2018 - $155k @ Same Startup

2019 - $225k + $50k sign on = $275k @ BigCo

Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by strikelaserclaw » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:44 AM UTC

quaffapint wrote: post #147

I see a lot of these crazy high salaries (there's nothing much higher than $150 for a sr dev around here on the east) are in SF area. Are these the exception FAANG salaries or are most companies paying such high salaries out there? It just blows my mind I can't imagine making such money as a dev and I've been doing this for a lot of years.

No Big Co Job I've ever worked at had many people who visited HN. I suspect only passionate engineers visit this site, so that skews salaries. Most non big city salaries are like 70-110k

Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by ghaff » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:45 AM UTC

person_of_color wrote: post #162

DVassallo wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Base salary was $160K since 2014. But why? The stock part ended up as money in my bank. These aren’t stock options like startups give. Public companies like to pay with stock because it didn’t impact their cash flow. The shareholders pay for it via dilution.

Did you sell stock as soon as it vests? Why?

If you don’t, you need to ask the question: if I had a pile of cash to invest, would I use it to purchase my company’s stock given that the stock price snd my employment opportunities there are at least loosely correlated?