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Anonymous wrote:Overall package 300k+ per year.

Just because you are a "software engineer" does not mean you are qualified for jobs with this comp.

That’s not a concern, of course I’ll need to be qualified. Plus it’s just 50k above what I make now. I only want to know where to look.

Where do you work now making $250k? I’m a GS14 and would love to move up $100k!

Anonymous wrote:I would definitely not be able to become a developer or a software engineer. In my opinion, these are very complex professions, and it is better to turn to specialists than to try to figure it out on your own.

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Anonymous wrote:Microsoft/Amazon/Facebook/Google all have positions in DC area paying 300k+ for senior SWE’s. Amazon goes 400-500k for L6

Is this a first-hand information regarding Amazon? My spouse gets exactly 300k as level 6 in Amazon, that’s with stocks with yearly evaluations “exceeding expectations”. Sounds like they are brutally underpaid

300k/L6 is normal if he’s been there a while or got promoted from a lower level. Amazon increased pay across the board in the past year but only new hires are getting it. He should probably go elsewhere if he doesn’t want to be underpaid and overworked at Amazon. I know someone who quit as an L5 making 200k and a month later Amazon came back offering her 300k without needing to interview again

Also this was a 300k/L5 SDE position.

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Anonymous wrote:Microsoft/Amazon/Facebook/Google all have positions in DC area paying 300k+ for senior SWE’s. Amazon goes 400-500k for L6

Is this a first-hand information regarding Amazon? My spouse gets exactly 300k as level 6 in Amazon, that’s with stocks with yearly evaluations “exceeding expectations”. Sounds like they are brutally underpaid

300k/L6 is normal if he’s been there a while or got promoted from a lower level. Amazon increased pay across the board in the past year but only new hires are getting it. He should probably go elsewhere if he doesn’t want to be underpaid and overworked at Amazon. I know someone who quit as an L5 making 200k and a month later Amazon came back offering her 300k without needing to interview again

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Anonymous wrote:Microsoft/Amazon/Facebook/Google all have positions in DC area paying 300k+ for senior SWE’s. Amazon goes 400-500k for L6

Is this a first-hand information regarding Amazon? My spouse gets exactly 300k as level 6 in Amazon, that’s with stocks with yearly evaluations “exceeding expectations”. Sounds like they are brutally underpaid

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Anonymous wrote:What is high paying? I am a Software manager and can tell you if your expectations are realistic. I can tell you though that Capitol One pays well.

Cap one pen testing pays well

This is accurate. My friend is in a middle mgmt at Cap One and is trying to get my college junior to apply to an entry level rotational program. They will train high aptitude kids to do technical work, because they can’t pay CS majors enough.
She says they are crazy competitive now. earlier this year, in the middle of a pandemic, they gave their SWE a 15% raise in hopes that they wouldn’t accept headhunter calls from Amazon. Even their HR folks are being poached by other companies who are trying to ramp up their hiring.

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Anonymous wrote:Microsoft/Amazon/Facebook/Google all have positions in DC area paying 300k+ for senior SWE’s. Amazon goes 400-500k for L6

Is this a first-hand information regarding Amazon? My spouse gets exactly 300k as level 6 in Amazon, that’s with stocks with yearly evaluations “exceeding expectations”. Sounds like they are brutally underpaid

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Anonymous wrote:What is high paying? I am a Software manager and can tell you if your expectations are realistic. I can tell you though that Capitol One pays well.

Cap one pen testing pays well

Anonymous wrote:Microsoft/Amazon/Facebook/Google all have positions in DC area paying 300k+ for senior SWE’s. Amazon goes 400-500k for L6

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Anonymous wrote:Overall package 300k+ per year.

Just because you are a "software engineer" does not mean you are qualified for jobs with this comp.

That’s not a concern, of course I’ll need to be qualified. Plus it’s just 50k above what I make now. I only want to know where to look.

You shouldn't be looking if you're in DC. You are overpaid right now relative to the DC market and you aren't going to find much better.

How much does a SE make in DC? $200k?

I am the software Manager and I don't make that but I am non-profit, however, I have interviewed a lot of candidates from different industries, and some of them even come from Amazon. Your range will be 160k-180K and I am being generous. My sr software engineers make $140k. add 20K in you go to private

You are looking in the wrong area.

Glassdoor software engineer salaries in DC is pretty accurate: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/washington-dc-senior-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,13_IM911_KO14,38.htm

And how's your turnover rate? DHs firm has hard time retaining qualified Sr SE in 160-180k range currently.

Again I was being super generous. I am non profit and people love working here so almost no turnover. I interviewed some candidates for sr software engineering position recently and their asking was $130k and some were coming from private sector. $160-180k are for the highest payer in the area: google, Amazon, cap one etc. Realistically $140k is great pay depending on benefits.

That is crazy, GS scale employees make that much with a lot more stability and a more fulfilling mission.

Fulfilling is very relative…

I know a lot of people at NASA, NRL, APL, and NSA which work on very cool things and have exciting missions that have real impact. It’s not like all gov IT is setting up ServiceNow instances for the SSA.

That is exactly my point, you think federal jobs are fulfilling and I don’t care about federal job and my job is very fulfilling.

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Anonymous wrote:Overall package 300k+ per year.

Just because you are a "software engineer" does not mean you are qualified for jobs with this comp.

That’s not a concern, of course I’ll need to be qualified. Plus it’s just 50k above what I make now. I only want to know where to look.

You shouldn't be looking if you're in DC. You are overpaid right now relative to the DC market and you aren't going to find much better.

How much does a SE make in DC? $200k?

I am the software Manager and I don't make that but I am non-profit, however, I have interviewed a lot of candidates from different industries, and some of them even come from Amazon. Your range will be 160k-180K and I am being generous. My sr software engineers make $140k. add 20K in you go to private

You are looking in the wrong area.

Glassdoor software engineer salaries in DC is pretty accurate: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/washington-dc-senior-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,13_IM911_KO14,38.htm

And how's your turnover rate? DHs firm has hard time retaining qualified Sr SE in 160-180k range currently.

Again I was being super generous. I am non profit and people love working here so almost no turnover. I interviewed some candidates for sr software engineering position recently and their asking was $130k and some were coming from private sector. $160-180k are for the highest payer in the area: google, Amazon, cap one etc. Realistically $140k is great pay depending on benefits.

That is crazy, GS scale employees make that much with a lot more stability and a more fulfilling mission.

Fulfilling is very relative…

I know a lot of people at NASA, NRL, APL, and NSA which work on very cool things and have exciting missions that have real impact. It’s not like all gov IT is setting up ServiceNow instances for the SSA.