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Average pay for software engineer at top companies - 250-300k

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Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base
  10/19/17
Struggling to break $150k actually, cuz you know, those $175...
Cruel-hearted philosopher-king dilemma
  10/19/17
lol man i should bump all those threads
Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base
  10/19/17
How can I make 150
burgundy 180 legal warrant cumskin
  10/20/17
Most of those places are notorious sweatshops. You should re...
Hairless mentally impaired preventive strike cruise ship
  10/20/17
tcr. That's what I'm trying to tell these people.
Indigo location
  10/20/17
yeah but you're living in shitlib bay area/seattle/austin, h...
Marvelous Ebony Center Alpha
  10/19/17
Very would rather make $120k in secondary city
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  10/19/17
seattle and austin have pretty low COLs when compared to NYC...
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  10/19/17
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  10/19/17
You guys realize that at the top those are generally senior ...
Indigo location
  10/19/17
Lol, a 5th year (out of college) eng at those cos outearns y...
Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base
  10/19/17
They also work twice as hard as I do and don't WFH. Not fee...
Indigo location
  10/19/17
"not feeling too jelly," he said as he scrambled t...
Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base
  10/19/17
Senior != old. I meant these were people that survived in a...
Indigo location
  10/20/17
Many Developers WFH, actually
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  10/19/17
Again, we're talking about senior devs at super gunnerish pl...
Indigo location
  10/20/17
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flatulent iridescent ladyboy nursing home
  10/19/17
I'm sure it is self-reported BS.
Indigo location
  10/19/17
Looks like it's from Quora.
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  10/19/17
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flatulent iridescent ladyboy nursing home
  10/19/17
payscale or some random pay aggregation site
Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base
  10/19/17
...
flatulent iridescent ladyboy nursing home
  10/19/17
(guy who doesnt know tech
Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base
  10/19/17
Boner Police reached those figures by mid 2016.
Crimson passionate mood
  10/19/17
i make that much every 5 days
Cordovan range
  10/19/17
talk is cheap
Appetizing Flickering Ceo Stead
  10/19/17
lol this is bullshit maybe with options 5 year vesting sc...
Appetizing Flickering Ceo Stead
  10/19/17
for all of the private companies (lyft, dropbox, uber, airbn...
Electric amethyst heaven skinny woman
  10/19/17
fair on the private cos. other than dropbox though they are ...
Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base
  10/19/17
Nope
big lay psychic
  10/19/17
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bronze disrespectful chad pit
  10/19/17
tech industry is not just GOOGLE/FB a very good software ...
bronze disrespectful chad pit
  10/19/17
law industry is not just biglaw, but that's what we care abo...
Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base
  10/19/17
(guy stuck in xo 2005) its all about shitlaw, DV defense,...
bronze disrespectful chad pit
  10/20/17
$300k in the bay area is almost homeless.
godawful feces
  10/20/17
Total flame, unless they're talking about mid/senior develop...
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  10/20/17


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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:52 PM
Author: Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base

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u: struggling to break 200

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479370)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:54 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted philosopher-king dilemma

Struggling to break $150k actually, cuz you know, those $175k jobs are soooo rare.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479380)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:55 PM
Author: Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base

lol man i should bump all those threads

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479391)



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Date: October 20th, 2017 1:45 AM
Author: burgundy 180 legal warrant cumskin

How can I make 150

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34485124)



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Date: October 20th, 2017 10:46 AM
Author: Hairless mentally impaired preventive strike cruise ship

Most of those places are notorious sweatshops. You should read some of the descriptions of working at Netflix/Amazon. It makes biglaw look tame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34486259)



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Date: October 20th, 2017 10:49 AM
Author: Indigo location

tcr. That's what I'm trying to tell these people.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34486291)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:54 PM
Author: Marvelous Ebony Center Alpha

yeah but you're living in shitlib bay area/seattle/austin, high cost of living, surrounded by NOWAGs, etc.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479383)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:33 PM
Author: razzmatazz set toaster

Very would rather make $120k in secondary city

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479654)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:36 PM
Author: comical khaki travel guidebook stag film

seattle and austin have pretty low COLs when compared to NYC and bay area

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479683)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:46 PM
Author: Vivacious insane parlour mediation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479784)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:29 PM
Author: Indigo location

You guys realize that at the top those are generally senior positions that work a ton of hours, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479612)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:34 PM
Author: Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base

Lol, a 5th year (out of college) eng at those cos outearns you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479656)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:34 PM
Author: Indigo location

They also work twice as hard as I do and don't WFH. Not feeling too jelly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479659)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 2:10 PM
Author: Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base

"not feeling too jelly," he said as he scrambled to poa about how old these people were, and after being dead wrong fell back on the ol' WFH schtick . "not jelly at all."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34480024)



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Date: October 20th, 2017 10:48 AM
Author: Indigo location

Senior != old. I meant these were people that survived in a hellhole for a while. Pretending like this is nbd is silly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34486278)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 3:26 PM
Author: dashing clear hell dog poop

Many Developers WFH, actually

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34480773)



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Date: October 20th, 2017 10:44 AM
Author: Indigo location

Again, we're talking about senior devs at super gunnerish places.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34486249)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:31 PM
Author: flatulent iridescent ladyboy nursing home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479631)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:33 PM
Author: Indigo location

I'm sure it is self-reported BS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479645)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:36 PM
Author: umber trump supporter lodge

Looks like it's from Quora.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479684)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 2:47 PM
Author: flatulent iridescent ladyboy nursing home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34480385)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 2:48 PM
Author: Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base

payscale or some random pay aggregation site

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34480403)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 5:06 PM
Author: flatulent iridescent ladyboy nursing home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34481460)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 7:11 PM
Author: Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base

(guy who doesnt know tech

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34482429)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:34 PM
Author: Crimson passionate mood

Boner Police reached those figures by mid 2016.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479657)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:36 PM
Author: Cordovan range

i make that much every 5 days

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479681)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:38 PM
Author: Appetizing Flickering Ceo Stead

talk is cheap

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479693)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:37 PM
Author: Appetizing Flickering Ceo Stead

lol this is bullshit

maybe with options 5 year vesting schedule

but yeah the only way you're doing over $200k cash is consulting with REPEAT BUSINESS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479691)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 1:55 PM
Author: Electric amethyst heaven skinny woman

for all of the private companies (lyft, dropbox, uber, airbnb) the amounts reported count illiquid equity as compensation when there's no clear path to its liquidity nor an accurate valuation. the cash compensation is about 50-60% of the amounts reported.

microsoft is the best option on the list by far as most positions are in washington (no state income tax) and the company is stable and diversified instead of running on ad loot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34479892)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 2:10 PM
Author: Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base

fair on the private cos. other than dropbox though they are all gonna IPO at similar or higher than their last fundraising round

also goog, fb, etc. stock is basically cash

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34480032)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 2:48 PM
Author: big lay psychic

Nope

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34480402)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 2:57 PM
Author: bronze disrespectful chad pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34480497)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 2:53 PM
Author: bronze disrespectful chad pit

tech industry is not just GOOGLE/FB

a very good software engineer at say nvidia or MS or ebay or INTC or Oracle with 5 years experience is probably looking at around 130~150K in base salary. cash bonus of around 20~30K

not to mention that 10000s of software engineers working for ford, GM, nationwide insurance, geico, target etc make even lower

saying software engineers make 250~300K after say 5 years would be like claiming that ALL lawyers make 400~500K and then point to Susman, WLRK as evidence

the number of software engineers who make 250~300K consistently within say 10 years of employment would be less than 5% of all software engineers. and that number is optimistic

Most of the people who really MAED it joined super hot growth companies at the right time - apple before 2010, google, FB and made most of their gains from stock grants

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34480455)



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Date: October 19th, 2017 3:29 PM
Author: Mahogany Arousing Reading Party Base

law industry is not just biglaw, but that's what we care about. we dont spend time talking about riff raff on the MOST PRESTIGIOUS discussion bort on the internet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34480791)



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Date: October 20th, 2017 1:31 AM
Author: bronze disrespectful chad pit

(guy stuck in xo 2005)

its all about shitlaw, DV defense, going solo now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34485049)



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Date: October 20th, 2017 1:32 AM
Author: godawful feces

$300k in the bay area is almost homeless.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34485061)



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Date: October 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: Twinkling fear-inspiring place of business

Total flame, unless they're talking about mid/senior developers at a handful of cash flush companies (Goog, FB). I had access to the entire payroll at a very successful unicorn (tons of revenue AND profitable) and out of 500+ employees only TWO had base salaries over $300k, and one of them got next to no equity so it was an obvious trade-off. Even taking bonuses into account, maybe 10-15 people were $300k+ and you're talking mostly the CEO and direct reports.

The $300k # is more believable if they're counting 401k match, ESPP, equity, etc. as part of the calculation. If they do that, then yes, $300k would be super common.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768672&forum_id=2#34485190)