Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where do you think are hot spots with a good supply of tech jobs, where taxes on the individual is low and rent is not very high?
Austin, TX.
Indianapolis, IN
Googler Builds Site That Shows You What Top Tech Companies Pay
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Re: Googler Builds Site That Shows You What Top Tech Companies Pay
#22The problem with all salary sites (Payscale.com, Salary.com, Glassdoor.com) is the reliability of the data that they're pulling from. They all make such gross exaggerations and generalizations of salaries across locales, industries and titles that I'm sure you could reduce an entry-level statistician to tears.
Given that this site is based on "open sources of information publicly available to anyone on the internet," I think it is just a rehashing of the same, polluted information that's plagued salary discussions for a decade. I had initially hoped that, coming from a Googler, there'd be some new intelligence brought to organizing and interpreting the data. No such luck.
The best source of accurate salary discussions still comes from sites like http://salaryshare.me/ (previously discussed on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2441888)
Re: Googler Builds Site That Shows You What Top Tech Companies Pay
#23If it's based on H1B datasets, it's mostly incorrect. H1B salaries are definitely lower than what US citizens get (on average).
Possibly true, though for the same position it will be the same pay. Having managed H1B employees, every year I was required to fill out a bunch of paperwork confirming that I was not underpaying them for their work relative to their peers. We were fairly rigorous about this. That said, you're only on an H1B visa until you get your green card. By which point, you've gone through several promotions and are finally lea…
My relatives went through the H1B process. I know exactly how employers treat them. They understand that you're tied to them, and even though you could transfer, it resets your greencard process.
My father was making less money than the people under him, even though he was the chief engineer (vs regular engineers).