I've worked in the defense sector on some pretty esoteric (but hard) high speed processing systems my whole career. I'd consider myself a c++ expert, but I've used python, java and many more (I've got a side interest in languages). I've got expert level knowledge of Linux, and I'm consistently a top performer at my job. Right now I'm lead on developing a new green field high speed processing framework from soup to nuts. 13 YoE since I got my master's degree in computer engineering (from a top 5 school). It's possible my wife and my situation might change soon so I'm evaluating where I'd like to pivot to. What would be a reasonable TC I could shoot for? I'd be looking in the Boulder area. Oh I was top 2% on TripleByte's quiz if that means anything.
Agreed 350-400k depending on interview performance
What is triple byte quiz ?
A recruiting startup: https://triplebyte.com I really don't know if it correlates to anything or not.
I made this switch with much fewer yoe. Your first offer will dissapoint unless you come in with multiple competing offers.
That was my plan (if I can pull it off of course)
Good luck. My first offer with one competing offer was 200k. My second offer two years later with two competing offers was 500k.
Maybe L5 350k, if you do well in the coding and algorithm interviews.