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.

Anything gov contracting pays 🥜 . Have to move to a FAANG or really any top 25-50 tech company. Lots of non FAANG are paying a similar salary.

What are top 50? Oracle Adobe Cisco pay crap...what is your list?

FNG pays reliably the most. But there are lots of startups… SpaceX, Palantir, Uber, Zillow, Robinhood, Databricks, Lyft, Tesla, etc, etc. Most of the time won’t match FNG but will easily pay 1.5-2x what a college grad will make at Northrop or Booz. Then there’s Finance which can pay crazy salaries, even more than FNG in some cases (Jane Street, Citadel).

[Anonymous]

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Software Developer Govt Contractor 280k/year

What government agency is paying enough for a contracting position that can cover salary, benefits, and overhead for 280k a year?

None. That's BS.

Big tech companies with contracts at Intel agencies will pay this much. It’s exceptionally difficult to find highly qualified technical experts that can pass a full scope polygraph and the rates reflect this fact.

Literally only Microsoft & Amazon will pay this much.

Most of it is in RSU's. The salaries are under $200K depending on salary and bonuses. With a clearance you are much better off with the big tech companies.

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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.

I confirm. I make 120k in low cost area. If I hoped now I may get 150k but that's for a senior position.

I agree. I think some trolls are having fun.

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I suspect many younger PPs here don’t understand the growth curve on TC in tech. It’s not at all linear. In early years, you might make 90-150k TC. Then at some point, assuming you are continually promoted and at a publicly traded company, you start seeing annual RSU grants in the 100-500k+ range whole base stays around $250. It only happens when you reach a certain level at the company but at that point, the TC growth rate is exponential.

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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.

Well you are getting underpaid. Go to levels.fyi and jump. You can’t expect to not switch company if you are want more money. Amazon recently are giving SDE 2 a TC $300k, maybe you can start there. That’s the sad part of FAANG, they reward new comers more than promotions. Your age, school or race has nothing to do with your TC. If you have been working since you graduate college that would give you 7 yoe. If you’re making no close to $300k at FAANG, then you need to switch.

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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.

I confirm. I make 120k in low cost area. If I hoped now I may get 150k but that's for a senior position.

I agree. I think some trolls are having fun.

There’s a whole bunch of other tech companies that are paying folks with 5-10 yoe over 300k. Dozens of them.

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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.

Anything gov contracting pays 🥜 . Have to move to a FAANG or really any top 25-50 tech company. Lots of non FAANG are paying a similar salary.

What are top 50? Oracle Adobe Cisco pay crap...what is your list?

FNG pays reliably the most. But there are lots of startups… SpaceX, Palantir, Uber, Zillow, Robinhood, Databricks, Lyft, Tesla, etc, etc. Most of the time won’t match FNG but will easily pay 1.5-2x what a college grad will make at Northrop or Booz. Then there’s Finance which can pay crazy salaries, even more than FNG in some cases (Jane Street, Citadel).

Really I though SpaceX was a sweatshop and that Lyft/Uber were paying less now that should they are public and need to demonstrate profitability?

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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.

I confirm. I make 120k in low cost area. If I hoped now I may get 150k but that's for a senior position.

I agree. I think some trolls are having fun.

There’s a whole bunch of other tech companies that are paying folks with 5-10 yoe over 300k. Dozens of them.

Can you name them? The list above seems more like trendy unprofitable Unicorns…

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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.

I confirm. I make 120k in low cost area. If I hoped now I may get 150k but that's for a senior position.

I agree. I think some trolls are having fun.

There’s a whole bunch of other tech companies that are paying folks with 5-10 yoe over 300k. Dozens of them.

Can you name them? The list above seems more like trendy unprofitable Unicorns…

Not PP, but I was searching levels.fyi for 5-10 YOE in NOVA/DC area. Below are the companies paying over 300k (total comp)
400k+: Stripe, Netflix
300k-400k: Amazon, Facebook, Bloomberg, Salesforce, Twitter
Of course, if you look at the bay area, there are much much more paying above 300k, even above 1M.

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Fwiw we pay our first year software folks about $200-$300K. Most have a PhD. Several in the $500K range and a few in the $1M+

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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.

I confirm. I make 120k in low cost area. If I hoped now I may get 150k but that's for a senior position.

I agree. I think some trolls are having fun.

There’s a whole bunch of other tech companies that are paying folks with 5-10 yoe over 300k. Dozens of them.

Can you name them? The list above seems more like trendy unprofitable Unicorns…

Not PP, but I was searching levels.fyi for 5-10 YOE in NOVA/DC area. Below are the companies paying over 300k (total comp)
400k+: Stripe, Netflix
300k-400k: Amazon, Facebook, Bloomberg, Salesforce, Twitter
Of course, if you look at the bay area, there are much much more paying above 300k, even above 1M.

Yes, by dozens I didn’t mean only limiting yourself to the DMV which is pretty mediocre when it comes to tech opportunities. Also I don’t really care if a company is profitable or not as long as they pay well. The fact is if you’re a contractor or Fed here working in tech making 150k you could be doing a LOT better

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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.

I confirm. I make 120k in low cost area. If I hoped now I may get 150k but that's for a senior position.

I agree. I think some trolls are having fun.

There’s a whole bunch of other tech companies that are paying folks with 5-10 yoe over 300k. Dozens of them.

Can you name them? The list above seems more like trendy unprofitable Unicorns…

Not PP, but I was searching levels.fyi for 5-10 YOE in NOVA/DC area. Below are the companies paying over 300k (total comp)
400k+: Stripe, Netflix
300k-400k: Amazon, Facebook, Bloomberg, Salesforce, Twitter
Of course, if you look at the bay area, there are much much more paying above 300k, even above 1M.

I'm just incredibly skeptical of this. I work for one of the highlighted and we are most certainly not hiring in that range.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in a FAANG company (not Amazon) in DC as software engineer. My team's hour is 10-4 every day (many people literally wake up at 10 lol), going to office 2 days a week after Sep.

Is this team dependent? Wasn't interested in going back to DC but if it's only 2 days a week I guess I can try lol

If it's not Amazon, it has to be FB or G?

My guess would be FB. For G, we don't work over 2-3 hours a day lol

I thought fb had a lot of product teams and their wlb isn’t that good. Do you know what teams Are there in googles dc office?

For FB, the WLB is team dependent for sure. As long as you stay away from ads or instagram, it shouldn't be too bad. Infra team has better wlb than product. For FB and Google DC, they are all heavily privacy and integrity teams, which is considered to be the new tech battlefield. The busiest time at G DC is around election

FB pays more than G and you get promoted faster. Tons of new initiative.
G has better wlb, but projects could be boring and slow, and becoming the new microsoft.

Can you pls elaborate more on integrity teams being the new tech battlefield? I work at a smallish tech company and am trying to move to FB but have no idea what projects I should ask to work on in my current company that will beef up my resume for a FAANG company.

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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.

I confirm. I make 120k in low cost area. If I hoped now I may get 150k but that's for a senior position.

I agree. I think some trolls are having fun.

There’s a whole bunch of other tech companies that are paying folks with 5-10 yoe over 300k. Dozens of them.

Can you name them? The list above seems more like trendy unprofitable Unicorns…

Not PP, but I was searching levels.fyi for 5-10 YOE in NOVA/DC area. Below are the companies paying over 300k (total comp)
400k+: Stripe, Netflix
300k-400k: Amazon, Facebook, Bloomberg, Salesforce, Twitter
Of course, if you look at the bay area, there are much much more paying above 300k, even above 1M.

I'm just incredibly skeptical of this. I work for one of the highlighted and we are most certainly not hiring in that range.

You're skeptical of the levels.fyi information or of my post about levels.fyi?