I pay roughly 2k for rent and I live in a high rise in the center of a major city in Cali. You need to get off of pol and or stop reading memes that come from that board, rent is not that high in major cities in California unless you are renting a large house and splitting the costs with roommates. And yes 160k is not a lot when your management team is selling the fruits of your labor for many multiples of that. You also live in a part of town that probably doesn’t have decent paying jobs, in the long run your mobility is limited because someone from a high income area (who has made $$$) can easily move to your area while you cannot move to theirs. How in the fuck is the west coast living right now where you are making 13x the cost of living really decently and still saying "it’s not that much."? Where I’m at, you can get a fairly good apartment in a nice part of town for like $900/mo + utilities. >In the grand scheme of things it’s really not that much money.īro, how the fuck is $160k not "that much money?" That only makes sense if you’re doing batshit insane things like paying $8k on an apartment per month or something. Usually these titles are in the same salary bands as management titles such as manager director senior manager etc.įor example at my current company principal engineers are the same level as senior directors and are paid the same as them It depends on the company but generally there are titles for individuals contributors that who have high levels of authority and influence at a company without them being people managers.
The margins on software are so fucking high that I’d argue that developers are underpaid. In the grand scheme of things it’s really not that much money. It’s not just San Fran I’ve seen equivalent salaries in major cities on the west coast,specifically Seattle. Then why do you care what they know in any particular session? >I couldn’t care less what they know within a single session. Go look at some LinkedIn profiles if you don’t believe me In the tech startup world 10 YoE is roughly the equivalent of staff (if a IC) or senior management / director depending on the department. I’ve thrown out resumes that made it through the HR screen with similar years of experience for my senior level roles because the role was too low level for the person’s years of experience. Overall it’s just not worth it, I would have thrown his resume out as well. It’s also extremely risky to hire someone(with that many years of experience) at that salary range especially in tech startups because there’s a high chance for them to get poached, which costs the company money. There’s nothing wrong with staying an individual contributor but I’d expect someone with 10+ years of experience to be working in a team lead / architecture role rather than being a senior level IC. It’s not about the comp it’s about level of responsibility or how much a person is willing to take on.