My Salary Progression in Tech

Post by philpem » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 1:34 PM UTC

DVassallo wrote: post #27

My progression: 2008: Graduated with a BS in CS from University of London. I grew up in Europe. 2008: €30K - Joined a small company in Europe as their only programmer doing vehicle GPS tracking. 2009: €30K - Still there. 2010: €50K - Joined Amazon in Dublin, Ireland as an SDE-1 (entry level) in the AWS CloudWatch team. 2011: €75K - Still at Amazon, same team. 2012: $120K - Moved to Seattle with the same team. Promote…

Post by jimmy1 » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

distances wrote: post #435

jimmy1 wrote: post #70

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lol I'm sorry but no. 400k a year in US puts you in "I am a millionaire" status after like 5 years. 90k euros and big city purchasing power in France is most likely comparable to 180k in US. Remember, all these jobs we are talking about come with full benefits -- 401k with between 5-8% matching, stock options, healthcare, vision, dental, etc. And I am assuming you are talking about 90k euro after taxes not before bec…

This was discussed in the sibling thread, but that 90k€ is definitely before taxes. It's exceedingly rare to make that much after taxes, perhaps unless in senior management.

Post by rpiguy » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 1:39 PM UTC

narcindin wrote: post #21

sometechie wrote: post #19

In the spirit of this discussion, I’ll share my journey. In 2015, my base was $95k. Today, it is $150k. Including stocks and bonuses, my total compensation went from ~$140k to $220k. In California, but not the Bay Area. I hold a Bachelor’s from a pretty good university, but by no means an elite institution. White guy from a modest background: grew up lower middle class, single mother who worked in retail, got free lu…

An income over 220k is easily > 90% percentile. I do not know what upper middle class is supposed to mean. Does it mean 90-95 percentile?

Post by throwaway011010 » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 1:42 PM UTC

aristophenes wrote: post #471

throwaway011010 wrote: post #455

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I hardly ever comment on HN (I usually lurk) but I felt compelled to due to the sheer amount of false claims in this comment. First off, can we define "things" in your sentence "things are actually cheaper, not more expensive"? What are the "things" you're talking about? Education? Eh... not really expensive in the US, is it? the US student loan debt is swelling at about $1.5 trillion... and counting. It speaks volum…

I just live and work in the USA my whole life, if anything I'm wrong about France. I'm not going to bother to refute most of your claims, as the premise is what are the salaries of tech people, not what are the standards of living of jobless people in San Francisco. Most of the US population, including myself and most of my acquaintances, live outside of those major cities, and that was the point I was making. You li…

Post by sokoloff » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 1:43 PM UTC

rpiguy wrote: post #470

philipp-H wrote: post #284

These are unbelievably high salaries. In Germany such salaries are possible only at management positions (not talking about IB) of large companies only. I visited US 3 years back and I found everything better - clothing cheaper, food more delicious, people friendlier and houses bigger. Yes you don't have social security and have poverty issues but I would still be in US than in Europe considering the amount of money…

There is very little concept of thrift left in the United States, so if you make a huge salary the entire economy is designed for you to spend it all and more. What do I mean by that? The more you make, the more banks aggressively offer you credit. You have no idea how many people I know that make several hundred thousand a year, but are crippled by debt. Not just mortgages on big houses, if you make a lot of money b…