Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

news.ycombinator.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

701–710 of 717 posts

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

#701

Post by stuxnet79 »

lolidaisuki wrote: post #23

You gave enough information that they could find you without using any links in your profile or your online handle. Another thing that could be interesting is your accent. My eyes were recently opened about the discrimination that happens based on that.

Accent? Seriously? That's funny to me because as developers we are generally stereotyped as poor communicators, so I wonder why any employer would focus on filtering out persons with unappealing accents (unconsciously or not) when this has no bearing on their technical skills.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

#702

Post by tristor »

arcticfox wrote: post #294
tristor wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I value those things differently, because the bonus is only for the first two years, and the stock is a one-time grant. Just like there's 'no replacement for displacement' in engines, there's no replacement for base salary in compensation. What I'm seeing in that compensation package is no incentive whatsoever to stay after you finish your second year, and no real incentives to start in the first place. $150k in Seat…

Equivalent to $90k? Do you live in the US? The cost of living for most lifestyles is nowhere near $60k different between Seattle and anywhere in the US.

I'm in San Antonio, TX. The 7th largest city in the US, but it has one of the lowest costs of living of any major metro area. It's also home to several tech companies, including Rackspace, one of Amazon's primary competitors in the Cloud space.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

#703

Post by throwawa998833 »

throwawa998834 wrote: post #671
throwawa998833 wrote: post #426

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, to put things in perspective, Google TechLevel-5, which is "Senior Software Engineer" which is basically 1 level above Amazon's "SDE III" position. Competitive pay offer: $180k /year $50k signing bonus 15% bonus per year 800 RSUs vested equally over 4 years (200/year) 600 RSUs vested in 100-chunks every quarter for the first 18 months. Counting up, in the first 12 months, pay is about $670,000. I gotta get seriou…

Do you mean that's 800 RSUs overall or 800+600=1400 RSUs over 4 years?

it's 800 over 4 years, and 600 over 18 months. So 1400 total.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

#704

Post by throwawa998833 »

eitally wrote: post #583
throwawa998833 wrote: post #428

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And not all Googlers make this little. I have the same position, in the bay area, and my pay structure is roughly: $180k/year 15% bonus ~ $30k/year 600 RSUs in the first year = $440,000 400 RSUs in the second year = $280,000 200 RSUs in 3rd and 4th year (assuming no refreshers, and oh boy there will be refreshers!) Male, native english speaker. It helps that my prior job had a comp level around $480k/year and also I…

But you received an abnormally huge initial RSU grant. It's uncommon for anyone to get more than 500-600 (outside of leadership) unless you're a strategic hire and they're compensating you for unvested stock at your current employer.

Indeed it's high, but also it just shows you what is possible.

I don't think I was a highly strategic hire, just a very solid engineer with a lot of experience, prior employment at Google (and Amazon), and a strong salary and stock compensation at my immediately prior job.

So they busted out the competitive offer, and I was very happy. Also the stock went up like $200 a share.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

#705

Post by josefdlange »

udkl wrote: post #420
josefdlange wrote: post #84

While at Amazon, I worked in two different roles. I don't have the exact numbers, but I'll put ballparks in here: (1) Support Engineer * Base: $72,000; increased at 1yr to $74,000 * Bonus: $20,000; half in first check, other half over months 13-24 * Stock: I don't remember (2) Software Development Engineer * Base: $82,000 Gender: M Native English: Yes I honestly don't recall if I was L4 or L5 or both. Both of these w…

What was your education and experience ?

B.Sc. in Computer Science, fresh out of undergrad. Applied conservatively for jobs to get into something I could excel at from the get-go and learn how to work in the corporate world before throwing myself at complex technical problems.

I've moved on to greener pastures, and I think where I positioned myself from the start put me in a hungry mentality, and as such I've been able to grow rapidly.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

#706

Post by Mickchicken2 »

disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #614
Mickchicken2 wrote: post #472

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry this is off topic. Is there a way into machine learning without doing going and going an Ms or PhD? Im working my way through a coursera course on it but I'm not sure that is enough. All the positions I see are looking for academic experience or 5+ years doing it. Neither of which are doable for me.

If you know almost nothing about the field, then introduction to statistical learning is a good choice. http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/ISLR%20First%20Printing.p... It assumes some understanding of calculus, but doesn't require matrix algebra. The original (and amazing) book that lots of people used is Elements of Statistical Learning. https://web.stanford.edu/~hastie/local.ftp/Springer/OLD/ESLI... Chapters 1-7 ar…

Thank you for this, i really appreciate you sharing these resources.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

#707

Post by ionised »

snake_plissken wrote: post #94

Ieee FML this has been a depressing read. Is anyone else realizing they are severely underpaid? Passes the virtual whiskey

Yup. I'm in the UK though where devs are paid shit by comparison, and in the North West where it's definitely on the lower-end of the scale.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

#708

Post by ionised »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #123
snake_plissken wrote: post #94

Ieee FML this has been a depressing read. Is anyone else realizing they are severely underpaid? Passes the virtual whiskey

Question is, do you work in the same geographic area? Pay ranges are extremely regionally-based, because cost of living varies wildly.

When US devs talk about their wage it always seems absurdly high to me as someone from the north-west of the UK, but I know you have to factor in health insurance and living costs (particularly if you live in the Valley or Bay areas).

Even so, after factoring in living costs and all the other differences, they're probably still making two or three times what I am, with less experience.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon

#709

Post by ionised »

boren_ave11 wrote: post #260

If your reaction to this thread is "wow I am really underpaid" then it's working. The playing field for your next salary negotiation is now a little more level.

I feel like every developer in the UK is underpaid when compared to US devs lol.
Post reply on HN