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My Salary Progression in Tech

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Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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bitcoinmoney wrote: post #175
DVassallo wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only 2016 and 2017. The other years had minor impact from stock appreciation (~$5-15K). In 2016 I got a big bump because I got a competing offer from Oracle at $380K, and Amazon matched it.

Can you share what sort of skills related to cloud would net me 380k/year? Got a phd ee doing C++ mostly.

5 years experience at one of the leading cloud companies (AWS, Azure, Google) will very likely put you right in that market. Nothing special to join. It’s very hard to enter directly as an SDE-3 (or equivalent) without having experience at one of the big companies. I think in 8 years at Amazon I’ve only seen 1 person doing that. With a phd and some work experience you can likely join as an SDE-2 and get to an SDE-3 level in about 5 years. The exact timing depends a bit on the opportunities you’d find, but I’d say that’s definitely very realistic. I can put you in touch with a recruiter from Amazon if you’re interested. My email is in my profile.

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Post by throwaway031419 »

* 2018 $1,155,000

* 2017 $1,259,000 Senior Staff Software Engineer

* 2016 $661,000 time off

2015 $1,543,000

* 2014 $1,465,000

* 2013 $1,241,000

* 2012 $876,000 Threatened to quit, got a bunch of stock

* 2011 $368,000

* 2010 $318,000

* 2009 $244,000

* 2008 $192,000 Staff Software Engineer

* 2007 $167,000

* 2006 $165,000

* 2005 $157,000 Senior Softare Engineer, Norcal

* 2004 $246,000 stock sale

2003 $80,000

* 2002 $76,000 Software Engineer II

* 2001 $102,000

* 2000 $59,000

* 1999 $55,000 Software Engineer, Northern VA

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Post by throwaway136804 »

rubicon33 wrote: post #155
tvphan wrote: post #45

I am Asian but was born and raised in Australia. I have a Bachelor of Science and I work as a web developer, e.g. Spring, ASP.NET, React, WordPress, Drupal, etc. 2013 - 23yo - $45K - First job - Magento developer building eCommerce websites for clients. 2014 - 24yo - $54K 2015 - 25yo - $70K - Second job - Magento / Shopify / WordPress developer, building eCommerce websites for clients. 2016 - 26yo - $75K 2017 - 27yo…

Web development and other easy domains like iOS / Android are quickly going the way of other craft jobs of the past: Blue collar. If you want to make above average salaries you're going to have to specialize. Find something that is both challenging (to reduce barrier to entry) and niche (to demand a higher salary). In other words - specialize. Staying as a generic web/ios/android dev is only going to guarantee that y…

>other easy domains like iOS / Android

In my department, mobile is the bottleneck for every PM's ambitions and the only speciality where recruiting never even approaches headcount/budget. It's possible that the low end contract labor market is flooded or something, but iOS and Android devs who can pass a whiteboard are worth their weight in gold.

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s_t_away wrote: post #181

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)

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Post by Googler1234 »

s_t_away wrote: post #181

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)

Just curious, which level? L8?

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Post by DVassallo »

mettamage wrote: post #138

Didn’t read the article, I did read the thread. How do I get into the USA? The difference is too big, even when I give 20% to charity. Or any ideas how to become well off in Europe? Tech feels so much more difficult than manager or other business roles (cognitively). I feel like I should switch if I can’t get into the USA.

I grew up in Europe (Malta), now in Seattle. I think Dublin is the place to be for tech opportunities and competitive compensation. If you work for a US company you can transfer from the EU to the US with an L1B visa quite easily (it’s what I did) as long as the company you work for is okay with the transfer. The L1B expires after 5 years, but you can apply for permanent resident while on it.
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