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Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by sures »

tata2020 wrote: post #463
sures wrote: post #103

I am a brown male working in India. The salaries are rounded to the nearest 100000 INR. USD values are rounded to the nearest 1000 USD. These are salaries per year . Need to emphasize this because when you see numbers like 3000 USD you may think this is per month. No it is indeed 3000 USD per year. When there are stocks involved, only the stocks that vest per year is included as part of the yearly salary. 2003 - 0 YO…

Can u tell me which company offers such package i am really surprise as to wat role and company and wat skills ll get such package. can u share any way to connect with you?

I don't want to mention a single company because I want to protect my privacy. I will share multiple company names where I have worked earlier or that I have interacted with in the past and I know with confidence that they can pay salaries in this range.

LinkedIn, Amazon, Walmart Labs, Flipkart, Google, Microsoft, Directi, InMobi, Intuit.

Some of the company names like Flipkart and Directi is based on very old information (>5 years) I have. I don't know if they still pay as well as they used to.

Any one of these skill sets: Big data application development, big data analytics, big data security, machine learning, cloud development. I worked in distributed computing myself.

Sorry I don't have a convenient way to offer you to connect with me while protecting my privacy. If you or anyone can create an online medium somewhere where we can talk anonymously, I can join that. I can answer your questions here too.

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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beaconstudios wrote: post #243
asnyder wrote: post #220

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Yes, thanks!

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by dv_dt »

CalRobert wrote: post #160
LandR wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the US, maybe. In other countries like the UK, a principal architect is probably not getting half that. I would guess from a quick google that an architect in the UK is on around £50k to £70k. Which is $63k to $90k. I'm a senior software engineer with around 10years experience. I'm on £38k ($48k) plus a very small bonus, maybe £2 to £3k if I'm lucky. Last job was a mid-level engineer on £28k. I've seen junior deve…

I really can't understand why they stay in the UK then, to be honest. We seem to have better salaries and generally lower cost of living across the sea... I have no affiliation with this company but here's a recent example, quoted at 95k so you could presumably push higher: https://www.ninedots.io/job/lead-react-engineer/

I don't know about the UK, but there was a recent breakdown of salary of US vs France and though there is a delta in the absolute salaries offert, the gap was almost closed when considering health care, vacation, or other benefits. It's important to consider that the salary can be buying you a lifestyle and some savings, not a high-score.

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by lbotos »

tathougies wrote: post #495
scarface74 wrote: post #434

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It's not about shaming people. HN is full of West Coast FAANG SV employees who are outliers. It's easy for people to feel that their perfectly normal salaries are low.

> it's easy for people to feel that their perfectly normal salaries are low. Part of a free market is realizing that, if others are earning more money for the same work, there is a good chance that you are undercharging your employer for your services.

Do you agree that this stance ignores the idea of local economies factoring into why dollars are not valued the same everywhere?

Most companies I've known charge what they would consider "base rate" + some kind of Cost of Living multiplier. See Buffer's example: https://buffer.com/salary/staff-engineer-web/average

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by sures »

blrdev356 wrote: post #483
lnkmails wrote: post #471

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All these INR numbers are making me want to come back :). As much as I enjoy working here in the US, the cost of living etc pretty much takes most of the income. I still manage to save 30% of my income but it requires good level of discipline and actively avoiding anything I think is "luxurious" (not eating out much, doing household chores ourselves.). I make a decent high six figure salary and I am not in SV but in…

Quality of living sucks though. The same money won't buy you same comforts. Commute is terrible. Housing sucks. Coming from a small village, I often feel alien here :). Though its a different kind of alien when compared with when I was in USA for short visits. Healthcare is usually way cheaper and you can hire maid+cook. All I can say is that money shouldn't be primary driver for your decision unless you are doubling…

I agree with this comment. The quality of life in a place like Bangalore or Mumbai is quite bad when you compare with an American city. Imagine spending 60 minutes to 90 minutes for one way commute to work just 6 miles away!

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by lbotos »

sidlls wrote: post #449
scarface74 wrote: post #434

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not about shaming people. HN is full of West Coast FAANG SV employees who are outliers. It's easy for people to feel that their perfectly normal salaries are low.

I'm not FAANG, but I am in SV, and my salary is currently around $200k/year (give or take). That's low compared to FAANG, but it's much higher, even adjusting for COL, than most of the "perfectly normal" lower salaries in these comments. That's not good: those lower salaries should be considered abnormally low; mine should be considered on the high end of average, maybe. Most software development (where software is t…

Should they just pay development more, or all employees of the company?

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by cgh »

digianarchist wrote: post #487
LandR wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the US, maybe. In other countries like the UK, a principal architect is probably not getting half that. I would guess from a quick google that an architect in the UK is on around £50k to £70k. Which is $63k to $90k. I'm a senior software engineer with around 10years experience. I'm on £38k ($48k) plus a very small bonus, maybe £2 to £3k if I'm lucky. Last job was a mid-level engineer on £28k. I've seen junior deve…

UK salaries are dire. When I moved from the UK to Canada my salary doubled and my expenses in the UK (Brighton) were actually higher than here in Canada. I could probably double my salary again moving to the US but I don't want to stay in a place that doesn't have a solid route to citizenship. The TN visas being temporary, non-dual intent and not allowing my spouse to work. Maybe my company will transfer me on an L1.…

What's funny is Canadians often lament their lousy salaries compared to their US counterparts. But I've found that by "US", they really mean "Silicon Valley". It's not a fair comparison.

Also, quality of life matters and should be factored in.

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by throwaway33441 »

Someone1234 wrote: post #296

These threads always invite the outliers (i.e. those who want to humble brag). Here's mine outside Washington/California/Silicon Valley/NYC: - $40K: 2010-2013, "DevOps" at small startup. No ownership/shares. - $45-72K: 2014-Current, Programmer (various job titles) working for state's education department Even management here only make $90K capping out around $115K~. But cost of living is low. These threads never have…

My path is one of the underappreciated hybrid: started in major metro (DC/NY/Boston) and moved to small town in the south after many years, finding good gigs offering remote work for DC-, NY-, and SF-based companies. Found a nice niche in security/ops/development in gov & healthcare tech. So, here goes:

DB/Ops Engineering

1999: $60K base. Fresh out of masters program, large F50 DC gov tech firm (#1)

2001: $100K + $5K bonus. After building a successful practice area (still #1)

Independent Consulting, Security Ops & DB Architecture

2002-3: $150/hr, ~$200K/year. Small, rapid-growth Boston healthcare company (#2)

System/Security Architecture

2004-7: $150K base, $50K-$80K bonus. (full-time salaried at #2)

2008-12: $180K base, $10K bonus. Mid-sized DC gov tech firm (#3)

2012-14: $200K base, $20-40K bonus. Mid-sized DC gov tech firm (remote #4)

Security Architecture/Product Security

2015: $150K base, $20K bonus. Startup (NYC, remote #5)

2016 - 2018: $200K base, $20K bonus, $100K options. Large tech (SF, remote #6)

I know half a dozen co-workers (senior engineers or technical directors) whose net annual comp is also in the $300K range. It's not common, but if you're pulling <$100K with 6+ years experience in software or security engineering, you're getting screwed. (Throw away account, but happy to respond in thread; edited for formatting)

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by boriskl »

pgsandstrom wrote: post #237
sures wrote: post #103

I am a brown male working in India. The salaries are rounded to the nearest 100000 INR. USD values are rounded to the nearest 1000 USD. These are salaries per year . Need to emphasize this because when you see numbers like 3000 USD you may think this is per month. No it is indeed 3000 USD per year. When there are stocks involved, only the stocks that vest per year is included as part of the yearly salary. 2003 - 0 YO…

So you make 40 times more now than at the start of your career? Thats insane! I make a very good salary in Sweden and I've only doubled my salary in my 10 year long career.

im also based in sweden. can I ask what youre at currently?
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