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?

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?

Your very average software systems engineer here, from a mid-tier state school. In my mid-40s making $150k a year.

I am very envious of the young guys in their 20s pulling 200/300/400k a year. You guys are doing some exciting things! Keep it up!

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.

Anonymous wrote:Question about the total compensation (TC) numbers. I work in biotech and typically would give the base + bonus number if you asked my compensation because RSUs are so uncertain. I also am not able to use RSUs until vesting so I do not consider them a part of my day to day income (what I think people are asking when they ask for salaries--your spending power). What am I missing?

I'm the legal person above ... In my life, I do not consider my RSUs as part of my regular income. But RSU vesting has been almost 2/3 of my compensation for the last several years, so it would be silly to exclude them in a discussion about compensation. I sell most of my RSUs at the time that they're vested.

They're uncertain in the sense that the stock can always go down, but the grants have been made, and I will vest in a fixed number of shares each quarter.

Question about the total compensation (TC) numbers. I work in biotech and typically would give the base + bonus number if you asked my compensation because RSUs are so uncertain. I also am not able to use RSUs until vesting so I do not consider them a part of my day to day income (what I think people are asking when they ask for salaries--your spending power). What am I missing?

senior legal person at a Bay Area tech, working from DC. cash compensation of 400k, plus RSUs that work out to about another 800k/year. The market for talent is really tight right now, so I've been seeing higher RSU grants than in the past.

At a FANG. $320k plus bonus

Software sales for large commercial clients. Averaged 350k the last 3 years.

Software Developer Govt Contractor 280k/year

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Software Engineer in DC area, 4 years out of college with B.S. in CS. total comp roughly 250k. Might need to hop again soon…

I should add my current job has pretty good benefits and WLB so it might be hard for me to find something comparable on my limited YOE. I’m happy where I am but always looking to increase TC.

Try Google DC if you wanna keep WLB. If you want more TC, stay at your job for one more year and then apply FB DC for E5. E5 at FB are getting TC ~$380k in the area, but you need 5 yoe to get the E5 interview, which is annoying. E5 at FB has good WLB because that's the terminal level.

in house lawyer at tech co $210 plus bonus

I’m in a tech org within a larger non tech company that competes for talent with Austin and Bay Area tech people. I’m the lowest level in my field in my team and make 130k plus 10% bonus, I probably work 30 hours per week, fully remote if I want, unlimited PTO. DH works at a publicly traded tech company not FAANG and makes 250k gross (that’s 190k base plus the rest equity). He’s nontechnical though but specializes in doing what he does in the tech industry. He’s also fully remote with unlimited PTO. We both just moved from DC with backgrounds in government contracting. It’s not too late to get out of government work!!!

Anonymous wrote:Software Engineer in DC area, 4 years out of college with B.S. in CS. total comp roughly 250k. Might need to hop again soon…

I should add my current job has pretty good benefits and WLB so it might be hard for me to find something comparable on my limited YOE. I’m happy where I am but always looking to increase TC.