If you work in tech: what are your salaries?

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Anonymous wrote:Just to let everybody know, the salaries that have been reported here are, for the most part, so outlandish compared to what the average computer science or engineering grad can home to make coming out of a top 25 program as to be worth ignoring. These folks are the the 1% of graduates. Not everybody can work at FAANG. By comparison, the average salary for a top 25-ish fresh computer engineer is 91k, but at google it's more like 170k.

Exactly this. I work in a local tech company that sells to the DoD. None of our engineers are making that kind of money. $150K for managers, $130K or so for senior developers, 80k for new hires fresh out of school.

Thats what I thought is average here in DC .. and what % of population here in DC metro works in FAANG . I guess may be 2-3% ?

far less than 2-3 percent.

2-3% might be true several years ago, but not anymore. FAANG are expanding their DC offices. Amazon is very obvious, but F and G are aggressively trying as well. During covid, they both renovated and expanded their DC office. I also have friends relocated to DC because there are gonna be more new initiative.

Many tech people have the misconception that FAANG DC does not provide many positions, so they don't even look here. I highly recommend local engineers to give it a try if you want to bump the pay before others find the gem. The standard pay rate of DC is only 10% less than Bay Area rate, which is very competitive here.

..and no need to master the language of writing English....

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03/10/2022 11:09

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Anonymous wrote:Ok I'll play.

Me: SDE at FAANG, TC $300k, age 27
Wife: SDE at FAANG, TC $240K, age 25

We are in DC in case anyone asks if those are Bay Area rate.

Im a SDE at FAANG - and my salary is nowhere near that. I don't think this is true. I'm 29, grad from UVA. And I'm indian.

so you get a bonus or being Indian?

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03/10/2022 12:25

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Anonymous wrote:Just to let everybody know, the salaries that have been reported here are, for the most part, so outlandish compared to what the average computer science or engineering grad can home to make coming out of a top 25 program as to be worth ignoring. These folks are the the 1% of graduates. Not everybody can work at FAANG. By comparison, the average salary for a top 25-ish fresh computer engineer is 91k, but at google it's more like 170k.

Exactly this. I work in a local tech company that sells to the DoD. None of our engineers are making that kind of money. $150K for managers, $130K or so for senior developers, 80k for new hires fresh out of school.

Thats what I thought is average here in DC .. and what % of population here in DC metro works in FAANG . I guess may be 2-3% ?

far less than 2-3 percent.

2-3% might be true several years ago, but not anymore. FAANG are expanding their DC offices. Amazon is very obvious, but F and G are aggressively trying as well. During covid, they both renovated and expanded their DC office. I also have friends relocated to DC because there are gonna be more new initiative.

Many tech people have the misconception that FAANG DC does not provide many positions, so they don't even look here. I highly recommend local engineers to give it a try if you want to bump the pay before others find the gem. The standard pay rate of DC is only 10% less than Bay Area rate, which is very competitive here.

..and no need to master the language of writing English....