I find it confusing as looking at these salaries in pre-tax because for people in California they can roughly figure out what is the actual income. For others it is a mystery.
Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?
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Re: Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you had absolutely no idea for what kind of salaries people got around here, then this data would be useful. Is it $25k or $250k? This can answer that question. But what people are really interested in is "is $125k high or low" and this data is useless for answering that question. It is worse than useless because it may lead you to believe something that isn't true and think you have a valid reason for believing i…
This. Now, I don't actually understand statistics at all, so please correct me if I'm missing something, but as a European I find this poll pretty telling, and a good indication of what to expect if I'd consider moving to the Valley. Clearly, at least the maker of the poll seems to assume that I can expect to earn at least $80k-ish. I earn a bit over half that now. This is a very big difference. Additionally, given t…
You get paid a little lower if you're going on visa, so its more like 100-110kish.
I spose the 300k ppl are the ceos! (yeh, i wish haha)
Re: Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you had absolutely no idea for what kind of salaries people got around here, then this data would be useful. Is it $25k or $250k? This can answer that question. But what people are really interested in is "is $125k high or low" and this data is useless for answering that question. It is worse than useless because it may lead you to believe something that isn't true and think you have a valid reason for believing i…
This. Now, I don't actually understand statistics at all, so please correct me if I'm missing something, but as a European I find this poll pretty telling, and a good indication of what to expect if I'd consider moving to the Valley. Clearly, at least the maker of the poll seems to assume that I can expect to earn at least $80k-ish. I earn a bit over half that now. This is a very big difference. Additionally, given t…
For you there's an additional tool. Salaries for sponsored persons is public data.
Re: Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you had absolutely no idea for what kind of salaries people got around here, then this data would be useful. Is it $25k or $250k? This can answer that question. But what people are really interested in is "is $125k high or low" and this data is useless for answering that question. It is worse than useless because it may lead you to believe something that isn't true and think you have a valid reason for believing i…
This. Now, I don't actually understand statistics at all, so please correct me if I'm missing something, but as a European I find this poll pretty telling, and a good indication of what to expect if I'd consider moving to the Valley. Clearly, at least the maker of the poll seems to assume that I can expect to earn at least $80k-ish. I earn a bit over half that now. This is a very big difference. Additionally, given t…
I think you can draw those conclusions: if you move here you can expect to double your current salary.
Not covered by the poll is the fact that your living expenses will likely more than double, especially if you have to use a car to get to your job. Your vacation time will be cut in half. Health care expenses may rise. Bottom line is be prepared for some decline in your current standard of living.
At the same time, you have the possibility of lottery-style winnings if your employer becomes the next Facebook. Hmm, perhaps you might be better off buying a real lottery ticket.
Re: Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?
#145Re: Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
This. Now, I don't actually understand statistics at all, so please correct me if I'm missing something, but as a European I find this poll pretty telling, and a good indication of what to expect if I'd consider moving to the Valley. Clearly, at least the maker of the poll seems to assume that I can expect to earn at least $80k-ish. I earn a bit over half that now. This is a very big difference. Additionally, given t…
You get paid a little lower if you're going on visa, so its more like 100-110kish. I spose the 300k ppl are the ceos! (yeh, i wish haha)
Could you explain that? Why would companies pay less to people on visas?
Re: Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?
#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
Related: 90% of people think they are smarter than average. Inference: 90% of engineers probably think they are smarter than average engineers
Not necessary. Engineers are usually smarter to not to think that way.
Proving the parents point I think :)
Re: Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?
#148Holy crap. I am student in the UK, recently did a internship at a fairly well known company. Got paid £16k for that year. If I were to get a full time job, it would be around ~30k a year. These figures are insane, people have told me in person this is what the figures are really like in SF but wow.
I think applying for a couple of jobs in SF etc just for kicks will be one of goals when I finish uni.
I know the term Web Developer has become a pretty broad term nowadays and maybe I am kidding myself when I think about a job at google or other SV or SF company, but what do they expect in terms of experience from a graduate?
It would be great to talk to someone who has first hand experience with this, as mostly my knowledge is from reading blogs posts and such.
Re: Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?
#149Holy crap. I am student in the UK, recently did a internship at a fairly well known company. Got paid £16k for that year. If I were to get a full time job, it would be around ~30k a year. These figures are insane, people have told me in person this is what the figures are really like in SF but wow. I think applying for a couple of jobs in SF etc just for kicks will be one of goals when I finish uni. I know the term W…
Graduate software engineer jobs in the UK hit £30,000 at the very top end. From the experience of friends in the industry, £24,000-26,000 seems more realistic.