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How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Re: How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Post by dmode »

crimsonalucard wrote: post #6
crimsonalucard wrote: post #2

200k+ for 2 years experience in the valley? That is crazy. This guy is overpaid. How realistic is this? I work in the valley I have roughly a decade of experience and I am definitely under 200k. Am I getting shafted?

Anybody willing to pay me 200k+? I'm a python expert. I know golang. I can do fullstack work but my preference is for the backend. I'm basically a polyglot, willing to do anything from scala, haskell, python, lisp, you name it. I have good fundamentals, and extensive experience diving into and navigating large/old codebases.

If you have 5+years, 200k+ with equity is a definite possibility

Re: How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Post by paulcole »

aportnoy wrote: post #9

>Late last year I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in six days, and stumbled into six job offers. Misleading. He applied at 20 companies, interviewed at 6, got 6 offers.

That's not misleading at all. He doesn't say he applied at 6 companies, it's pretty clear he went 6 for 6 in his interviews.

Re: How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Post by crimsonalucard »

tru3_power wrote: post #4
crimsonalucard wrote: post #2

200k+ for 2 years experience in the valley? That is crazy. This guy is overpaid. How realistic is this? I work in the valley I have roughly a decade of experience and I am definitely under 200k. Am I getting shafted?

what is your position? 200k isn’t that much these days when you take inflation into account.

I don't care much for titles. But you can call me a "senior software engineer." Polyglot. Extensive experience with python and golang. I can do fullstack work as well.

Re: How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Post by minimaxir »

crimsonalucard wrote: post #2

200k+ for 2 years experience in the valley? That is crazy. This guy is overpaid. How realistic is this? I work in the valley I have roughly a decade of experience and I am definitely under 200k. Am I getting shafted?

Note that the numbers given in the article are total compensation (including stock), not just salary.

Re: How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Post by [deleted] »

dmode wrote: post #11
crimsonalucard wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anybody willing to pay me 200k+? I'm a python expert. I know golang. I can do fullstack work but my preference is for the backend. I'm basically a polyglot, willing to do anything from scala, haskell, python, lisp, you name it. I have good fundamentals, and extensive experience diving into and navigating large/old codebases.

If you have 5+years, 200k+ with equity is a definite possibility

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Re: How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Post by crimsonalucard »

crimsonalucard wrote: post #2

200k+ for 2 years experience in the valley? That is crazy. This guy is overpaid. How realistic is this? I work in the valley I have roughly a decade of experience and I am definitely under 200k. Am I getting shafted?

Is there a way to take a poll how many people are actually getting 200k+ with just 2 years of experience? I truly find this unbelievable.

Re: How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Post by mattnewton »

crimsonalucard wrote: post #6
crimsonalucard wrote: post #2

200k+ for 2 years experience in the valley? That is crazy. This guy is overpaid. How realistic is this? I work in the valley I have roughly a decade of experience and I am definitely under 200k. Am I getting shafted?

Anybody willing to pay me 200k+? I'm a python expert. I know golang. I can do fullstack work but my preference is for the backend. I'm basically a polyglot, willing to do anything from scala, haskell, python, lisp, you name it. I have good fundamentals, and extensive experience diving into and navigating large/old codebases.

I have 5 years experience and make >200k in total comp at Google at their Mountain View campus. Google was also not the highest number offer when I was interviewing 2 years ago either (but it was the more interesting role + benefits).

You should interview :)

Re: How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Post by crimsonalucard »

mattnewton wrote: post #17
crimsonalucard wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anybody willing to pay me 200k+? I'm a python expert. I know golang. I can do fullstack work but my preference is for the backend. I'm basically a polyglot, willing to do anything from scala, haskell, python, lisp, you name it. I have good fundamentals, and extensive experience diving into and navigating large/old codebases.

I have 5 years experience and make >200k in total comp at Google at their Mountain View campus. Google was also not the highest number offer when I was interviewing 2 years ago either (but it was the more interesting role + benefits). You should interview :)

Well, google is different right? They hire the cream of the crop. They don't only hire for experience. They also hire for innate, inborn intelligence. I might get in, but I have to work hard to pass that interview.

I'm talking about 200k on average.

Re: How I negotiated a software-engineering job offer in Silicon Valley

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Post by [deleted] »

mattnewton wrote: post #17
crimsonalucard wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anybody willing to pay me 200k+? I'm a python expert. I know golang. I can do fullstack work but my preference is for the backend. I'm basically a polyglot, willing to do anything from scala, haskell, python, lisp, you name it. I have good fundamentals, and extensive experience diving into and navigating large/old codebases.

I have 5 years experience and make >200k in total comp at Google at their Mountain View campus. Google was also not the highest number offer when I was interviewing 2 years ago either (but it was the more interesting role + benefits). You should interview :)

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