Earlier quoted context omitted.
this the dude who just bought a 500mm yacht?
That is one tiny yacht. (-;
Even Stonehenge is larger
Amazon more than doubles max base pay to $350k
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#42US tech salary discussions always throw around incomprehensibly large numbers and complain that they are "small"
Move to the U.S. where your skills have a much higher value?
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#43US tech salary discussions always throw around incomprehensibly large numbers and complain that they are "small"
I'm pretty sure a non-trivial amount of that is talk more than average reality. Which isn't to say that there aren't a bunch of people making a half million or more in total comp at a FAANG company, but there are almost certainly a whole lot more quiet people making 100-200K who aren't going to brag on HN about it.
100-200k is incomprehensibly large for me
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#44As a Googler I was approached by Amazon, and when I started to look at the culture, a photo came out with Jeff Bezos using a door because he was too ,,frugal’’ to buy a desk… I would never join an office where people are proud of that.
Google started the same way:
> Brin and Page filled the garage with desks made of old pine doors set on sawhorses, a turquoise shag carpet, and a Ping-Pong table.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/04/sergey-brin-amanda-...
Re: Amazon more than doubles max base pay to $350k
#45US tech salary discussions always throw around incomprehensibly large numbers and complain that they are "small"
bi-modal (at least) distribution.
Discussion here is often about a bump to the right of the graph :)
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#47US tech salary discussions always throw around incomprehensibly large numbers and complain that they are "small"
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#48I guess this only changes the stable salary component, which will bring the first year's comp to more comparable levels. Amazon pays an insane amount of cash bonus the first two years to make up for their backloaded vesting and capped salary. Even then the total compensation was pretty high. It might be the case that their stock isn't growing as expected leading to employees to be unhappy.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm pretty sure a non-trivial amount of that is talk more than average reality. Which isn't to say that there aren't a bunch of people making a half million or more in total comp at a FAANG company, but there are almost certainly a whole lot more quiet people making 100-200K who aren't going to brag on HN about it.
100-200k is incomprehensibly large for me
It would take quite a bit of effort, but if you get a visa and are confident you can get a job at Amazon, there ya are. I've got a couple Central / South American coworkers that started at tech companies down there and eventually got jobs up here. It was a combination of luck and persistence with the US immigration system.
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#50US tech salary discussions always throw around incomprehensibly large numbers and complain that they are "small"
I briefly browsed Zillow in Seattle. It looks like a good 2-3 bd house is 700k+. And of course you need a car since public transport isn’t a thing there. Sending children to a good colleage is probably 50k+ a year just in tuition. I get a feeling money is different there.