Ieee FML this has been a depressing read. Is anyone else realizing they are severely underpaid? Passes the virtual whiskey
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Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon
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#232IMHO you're being underpaid quite a bit with that base salary in the Seattle area. Time to start interviewing at Microsoft, Google, etc. Those companies usually start fresh out of college developers with a base pay a bit over $100k, then bonuses, stock awards, etc. on top.
Only on HN are these incredible compensation packages considered "underpaid". In the real world (outside FaceGoogAmaWallstreet), the story for developers is quite different.
>>Only on HN are these incredible compensation packages considered "underpaid".
"Underpaid" and "overpaid" are relative terms. If you currently earn less than what you can expect to receive elsewhere for the same work, you are underpaid.
>>In the real world (outside FaceGoogAmaWallstreet), the story for developers is quite different.
Interestingly enough, this is precisely the sort of thing that this very thread is attempting to challenge. Have you noticed how many "wow I am seriously underpaid" comments have been posted?
All of this reminds me of a quote by Michael Corleone in The Godfather:
Never be embarrassed by your wealth. This recent contempt for money is still another trick of the rich to keep the poor without it.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon
#233Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, nice. Is Level 6 pretty high? What was your experience coming into the job?
Level 6 is a senior engineer. Roughly 90th percentile of engineers. We have principal engineers, but not a lot of them. I had 15+ years of experience before coming here.
Good to know. Thanks!
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#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really enjoy when the voice actors do different voices for different characters. I've always wondered how they do the recording for that. Do they read all of the dialogue for one character in a big chunk, then move on to the dialogue of the next character? Or do they read through the book naturally and switch voices? I would think that the latter would be very difficult.
Great question! :) Narrators actually do switch all character voices in real-time. This does not commonly cause issues that require recording to stop, as the narrators are usually very experienced professionals that come from the Broadway stage or from other voice acting professions (cartoons and the like.) I've also recorded and edited my fair share of bad voice actors (for instance, former Labor Secretary Robert Re…
for instance, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich narrated his book 'Beyond Outrage' even though he was told that it really wasn't a good idea.
That's a very interesting aside. I could see how a non-professional narrator would struggle with the demands of the process. Would it not still have made sense for someone like Mr. Reich from a personal branding point of view? He is, after all, a somewhat well-known public figure and paid public speaker.
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#235Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you taking stock into consideration? At current price, 104 shares of AMZN equals $57,408 which puts my total 2016 pay at $130,408.
Are you deducting the taxes from that stock compensation?
No. I am also not deducting taxes from the part of my salary that comes in the form of base pay.
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#236I'm not an Amazonian, but I wanted to chime in here to say I think this thread is a great idea and I would love to see more like it. I write about salary negotiation and coach people through it, and I think sharing salaries publicly will encourage more people to negotiate and get paid what they're worth. I recently coached a new Amazon employee, and he got a very good offer, which he increased by about 15% using VERY…
I'm interested in what your negotiation principles are. I've always heard that a candidate should never share salary information and require the company to provide the first concrete number in the form of their initial offer. However, I've repeatedly used all of the "business-professional" and "HR approved" sorts of conversational techniques to enact this advice, and the only result that has ever occurred is either (…
I refuse to move forward even with a phone interview if I don't have a salary range from a recruiter. It's just not worth my time.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon
#237Position: Developer in Seattle Tenure: 4 years Job Level: 5 Base Pay: $143,000 2016 Stock Vest: about 140 shares Review Score: Exceeds Gender: M Native English Speaker: Yes
What was your experience coming into this position?
Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon
#238The most important thing you can do for your career is: * Accept a job somewhere * Get promoted (doesn't matter how) * let yourself get hired away from your current company Getting hired away from your current company is the only way to get a fair raise based on increased experience. Companies never give substantial raises to current employees.
This simply isn't true. I received a >$30,000 raise at one of my previous employers after they realized that I was being grossly underpaid for the work I was doing. Granted, I had to bring my managers' attention to this, but they were understanding & did right by me.
I've experienced the same, but it doesn't mean the general rule is untrue. More specifically, if you are making market salary then the greatest raise will come from switching companies. If that's not true and your current employer will give you a substantial increase, then by definition you are not making market salary; the raise simply corrects your salary to the level they would have paid for a person of your experience.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon
#239Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm interested in what your negotiation principles are. I've always heard that a candidate should never share salary information and require the company to provide the first concrete number in the form of their initial offer. However, I've repeatedly used all of the "business-professional" and "HR approved" sorts of conversational techniques to enact this advice, and the only result that has ever occurred is either (…
I refuse to move forward even with a phone interview if I don't have a salary range from a recruiter. It's just not worth my time.
How do you know? They might be paying more than the jobs you go for.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon
#240* Area: Austin, TX
* Position: Systems Engineer
* Level: 5
* Base Pay: $98k
* Signing Bonus: $18k immediately, 15k over months 12-24
* Stock Units: ~$120k, 5% first year, 15% second, 20% every 6 mo after. Additional (smaller) grants starting year 2.