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Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?

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Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?

#1
This poll is targeting current full-time software engineers and software developers in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

The previous polls seem to have topped out too low. So here we are again.

Specifically, base salary only. Pre-tax. No options, shares, bonuses, adjustments for inflation, or benefits.

(Don't forget to up-vote the poll to get more data.)

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post #2

Bad options. The choices should increase by a fixed percent over previous one, instead of a constant fixed amount. Who cares if someone gets 280k instead of 290k?

constant delta would be useful when building a histogram, for instance.

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#4
Do it on google docs, and include how much money your company has raised (0-5m, 5-15m, 15m+ is probably sufficient options) and roughly how much equity you have. In a vacuum, this number is meaningless. Comparing what someone makes at Google and what someone makes at a seed funded startup is silly.

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#5
post #2

Bad options. The choices should increase by a fixed percent over previous one, instead of a constant fixed amount. Who cares if someone gets 280k instead of 290k?

I see this is getting downvoted, but the poll choices are in fact surprising. 2/3rds of the options are devoted to salaries between $150k - $300k.

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post #2

Bad options. The choices should increase by a fixed percent over previous one, instead of a constant fixed amount. Who cares if someone gets 280k instead of 290k?

constant delta would be useful when building a histogram, for instance.

I agree with the log scale. If someone was building a histogram, they may not want to use data from an online poll.

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post #2

Bad options. The choices should increase by a fixed percent over previous one, instead of a constant fixed amount. Who cares if someone gets 280k instead of 290k?

Oh crap, you're right. I like your idea much more than the lame increments I picked. Next time I'll use a logarithm or something.

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post #5
post #2

Bad options. The choices should increase by a fixed percent over previous one, instead of a constant fixed amount. Who cares if someone gets 280k instead of 290k?

I see this is getting downvoted, but the poll choices are in fact surprising. 2/3rds of the options are devoted to salaries between $150k - $300k.

> but the poll choices are in fact surprising. 2/3rds of the options are devoted to salaries between $150k - $300k.

You've discovered my secret plot! I even included words to that effect in the description. The other polls literally top out at 150k. I didn't want that.

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post #4

Do it on google docs, and include how much money your company has raised (0-5m, 5-15m, 15m+ is probably sufficient options) and roughly how much equity you have. In a vacuum, this number is meaningless. Comparing what someone makes at Google and what someone makes at a seed funded startup is silly.

> In a vacuum, this number is meaningless.

Lucky for us, we're not in a vacuum. We're in a market.

Re: Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?

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post #4

Do it on google docs, and include how much money your company has raised (0-5m, 5-15m, 15m+ is probably sufficient options) and roughly how much equity you have. In a vacuum, this number is meaningless. Comparing what someone makes at Google and what someone makes at a seed funded startup is silly.

But since most startups fail, won't the equity be worth little to nothing in the median case? Kind of like playing the lottery.
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