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- What’s your TC and what car do you drive? I’ll start: TC 150k I just walk 1 YOE
- High TC = cheap people? Some of the highest earning/highest TC people I know are also some of the cheapest people I know. All that money and they tip poorly and want to Splitwise a $12.76 meal down to the penny 🙄 EDIT: Comments TLDR: LOL Blind is full of the most oversensitive terrible tippers! Maybe this will be encour
- High TC folks, do you flex your TC in social setttings? If so, what are some ways you show off your high TC? Talking about in social settings like parties, dates etc. TC: 🥜
- TC doubled in 2.5 years 😄 I started at 70k as a FA in the commodities space in Houston, TX. Worked hard and asked for comp reviews every 6mo based on performance. Got promoted to SFA fairly quickly. Progressed quickly through the company and comp reached 120k in 2years 3mo. Started interviewing aggressively with companies a
- Best TC hopper stories I started at a small firm for 67k, worked my ass off on LC to get an offer at Amazon for 170k. More than doubled my TC in 1 year. Bring it on champs! #google #facebook #airbnb #lyft #twitter #linkedin #offer #tech
- vote Shamed for low TC Absolutely not trolling. Just need some honest opinions. Location is Seattle. I accepted an offer with Microsoft at 440k TC and will join in a couple weeks. I was really happy with my TC but when I posted about that on Reddit anonymously, I was viciously attacked for having a low TC. Wanted to poll
- TC > 200k Apart from FAANG/ well known tier 1 companies, a TC > 200k seems to be applicable only for senior SWE roles and above. For roles that are junior to Senior SWE, TC seems to be < 200k, especially outside the bay area. Is this true? Example companies: ServiceNow Workday PayPal Pagerduty Intuit Ha
- Wlb and tc together Which companies have good work life balance and pay very good TC ? Do any FAANG fall in this category ? #tech #Oracle #amazon #google #Microsoft #meta #Netflix #Apple #salesforce
- vote People with TC>250k, whats your base? TC:320 Base: 185 Edit: Pardon the typo, please consider ‘215-230k’ as ‘215-250k’
- TC question at Amazon I am getting 320k as Sde3/l6 at Amazon. Starting to feel I am underpaid. 8yoe all at Amazon. Is this TC normal for engineers who has not switched jobs? This year overall comp remained the same but the base pay got 25% increase. #software #swe
- vote 185k TC (Austin) vs 330k TC (Bay Area) I have two offers Big 4 (Austin) vs FAANG (Bay Area). I currently live in Austin (wife and 2 kids). Taking relocation of family and COL into consideration alone, which would be the better offer? FAANG offer - 200k/20%/360k Big 4 offer - 165k/15%/No equity Update: the companies are EY and Google
- Google India L5 TC? Don't see many recent post regarding L5 TC for india. I have passed HC and Team Match. Comp discussion would soon follow, so wanted to check what can I expect. I checked levels.fyi, the median seems to be 120L. Is that correct? can I expect/target this number? Current TC: 41L YOE: 5.5 I have anot
- vote Brand name vs High TC what do you think is important to find a bride.. brand name or high TC..what do girls prefer in India..
- Just made it to 6 figure TC 🥜🎉 I know this is 🥜 to the FAANG peeps, but this is huge for me. I got a huge raise today, pushing me above 6 figures!! My New Years resolution is to be a leetcode machine and really go for it. I am in LCOL which really helps. Blind community showed me what is possible, and this is the first step on m
- TC is useless 1. TC is only useful in a dick-measuring contest 2. TC is often miscalculated, there is no standard equation 3. Offers have multiple components, breakdowns help job seekers As I’ve been searching for a new job, I’ve realized TC is not helpful when negotiating. I need to know the base, stock, and
- Dad did a big TC Jump : 125k ~> 215k Just some good stuff happening this week. Context: My dad is a very shy guy. He hasn’t interviewed outside of his 1st job in 21 years. I forced my dad to apply for a position he said he was very qualified for but was too scared to apply to. I knew how hot the job market is(ty blind) and knew his v
- Old TC: 502K, new TC 700K. AMA Just put myself through a bunch of staff/Senior Staff/Principal interviews. Collected offers from Stripe (staff), Shopify (senior staff), and Snowflake (principal). All pretty standard processes. Took the offer from snowflake for 270+20% and 1.5M/4 years. Got turned down at Coinbase. I just kinda
- vote Can I afford a 130k car at 300k TC? My first bonus is burning a hole in my pocket. With the markets the way they are and interest rates in the 2% range, I’m more tempted to spend than I am to invest. Edit: 100% WFH in Florida, average monthly spend is $2900.
- Argo TC progression? How does Argo TC progression work? Is good performance rewarded more in the form of salary increase, bonus or equity? E.g. I think Meta rewards high performers by giving a lot of equity. For context, I am considering an Argo offer, and I prefer performance reward more in the form of cash (ie salary
- Max TC bump I have just gotten myself the 170K TC bump. Unbelievable. Why don't companies retain people by giving decent raises? Now they have to hire someone, train them, which costs $$ all while they pay them more than they paid me? What was your biggest TC bump? Update: Nearly 100% bump.
- What level is 650k tc at FAANG? L7 PMT at amazon. Trying to double tc - blind help me out. Yes no duh my tc is low that’s why I’m trying to get out. Pmt = product management technical not program management Tc 325k
- FAANG Director tc in London Hi All, Looking at what a future tech career growth might look like. Any idea of directors tc in London both tech or non tech. If you can specify the role is better. Thanks ! Tc 45k£ 1 yoe
- vote Roku TC Recently interviewed with roku for Senior SWE and Recruiter is offering 320K with no negotiation and says it's final. If I were to say no, the next person in the pipeline will be reached out to. All of my rounds went great YOE: 6.5 It this a low ball? Current TC: 260K #tech #roku
- [India] Starting TC vs current TC What is your starting TC when you just joined the industry and what is your current TC. Also if possible share both the companies. Mine: Paytm - 9lpa Paytm - 18lpa Yoe: 3 #engineering #software #swe #tech
- Wait for EB1 or switch for better TC My PD is 2018 and my employer filed EB1 beginning of this year (premium not possible). I have on-site scheduled for Google and NVIDIA. Should I postpone interview and wait for EB1 result or try for better TC? Looks like non premium i140 may take more than a year and premium is not possible due to th
- Indians, What's your monthly TC? Monthly TC = Amount you get in hand Please add your Yoe Mine is 1.1 Lakh Yoe 0.5
- vote Google L6 India TC What’s the TC being offered for L6 IC India in Google? TC - 1.5cr YoE - 10yrs
- 250K Canada TC Is it good salary for living in Toronto with family? Have a 2 years old son. Wife not gonna work for 1-2 years.
- TC 85K —> TC 106K. Worth the move? Currently work FT remote. base 77.5k, 5% bonus. Easy job, flexible, max 8 hour days, no long term interest in current role, a lot of opportunity within company. Started august 2021 Expected offer: External, $85k base, 25% target bonus, raise opportunity feb 2022, longer hours, steep, learning curve
- My tc is higher than my manager’s He joined the company 4 years ago and I joined two months ago. I just found that my tc is 30k higher. He works in central state and I am in LA I am just worried about pip. Because he may feel unfair and expect too much impact from me #engineering #software #swe TC 280k
- Why do you care about TC? Going to leave 600k job Throughout the past year, my manager left, and I've been feeling burned out on tech. I started working in 2017 and in 1.5 years got a 400k offer. My past two w2s have been around 600k In spite of this, I want to leave the tech industry for the foreseeable future, and pursue other passions or feel
- link Google DE TC At levels.fyi there is no google data engineer. Whats the range of DE TC in SF? TC: 120K
- vote TC ?? New to blind, I see unrealistic TC. So what the hell does it mean ? I have never in my life heard 700-800TC with 5 YOE and I have been reading this type of TC on blind. #tech #data #dataanalytics #datascience #software
- Google L3 total compensation negotiation help Just cleared L3 HC for Google. Currently in team matching stage. How much should I ask as TC for the following cities: 1. NYC 2. Bay area 3. LA No competing offers. Current TC: 155k (L4 Amazon) YOE: ~2 #software #engineering #swe #sre #google #sde
- Accidentally accepted half TC Got my first job out of B.S+M.S in CS as CTO at an early stage startup. The rest of the team is non technical, CEO, CMO and CFO. When I got the job in February, I had stated my salary expectation as $100k, which they didn't reject. I then understood my contract as $60k, which I was fine with give
- Does tech tc outpace finance tc? I've interned in tech and finance (citadel, js, hrt, jump, etc). New grad offers are higher for finance, but heard that tech outpaces finance in tc growth. Is that true? TC: student, but for new grad offers: tech ~200k, finance ~400k
- HW TC vs SW TC @ meta With the recent push for hw in sw companies like meta and g, hw tc saw a boost in many companies. How are the HW offers looking now at meta for E5 compared to sw now? TC: 290
- vote Good TC for 1 YOE? I got an offer from Dell and deciding whether or not I should job hop. TC: 203k Base: 159k Stock: 13k per year for 3 years Sign on: 23k 5% target bonus of base salary end of year: 8k Is this decent TC for 1 YOE? Is it worth joining a “boomer” company? YOE: 1 Current TC: 109k
- Women please post your TC. I'm curious to know if women are paid less than men for the same level/roles in tech. Please share the following: TC YOE Level (however your company defines it) Location Also feel free to comment if you feel underpaid compared to your male counterparts or not or think you are less favored for pro
- How to know my TC (Total compensation) Hi everyone, I am new to blind. I see that everyone is posting their TC (Total compensation). I am a L4 Sde at Amazon starting working here since last 4 months and currently on OPT How do I calculate my TC?
- Will more RSU’s in TC split saves Tax ? Is this true? Can I ask the HR of the new company that I will be joining to give me 100k base+ 250k RSU split? New Tc :350
- Fastest Way to Increase TC? Blind Tax: $70k
- $175K TC to $540K TC. Thank you Blind community! I just wanted to thank this community, as well as the levels fyi community! I recently took a role with Amazon AWS as an L6 SDM and got a huge bump in total compensation. The transparency of these two communities was a huge help in understanding my worth and getting the most from my offers. I was
- Whats your Lowest TC. Mine is 2.4LPA.(around 4 years ago) Used to get 19.8₹ per month. Expenses: 7k(rent)+6k(food+commute+movies)+2k(misc)+3-4k savings. sometime expenses used to go far beyond salary 😂 when i purchased new gadgets, clothes. paid 15L for my bachelors degree. Colleges brag for these TC's and trap people
- link Is IQ∝TC? I found this free MENSA IQ test and I wonder if high IQ might mean high TC. Now I know this is Blind and anyone can post anything, so let’s follow honor code. Take the test, and tell your score and TC. I’ll start: IQ: 110, TC: 121K https://www.mensa.org/public/mensa-iq-challenge
- Amazon TC calculation If you negotiate tc of say 350k then it's divided into base and rsus & signing bonus. You get 5% for 1st , 15% for 2nd , 40% for 3rd & 4th year. If the percentage of rsu component is more than base then it leads to ~10% drop in TC for years 3 &4 Is that correct ? @Amazon
- Offer evaluation: Data engineer tc at Meta Has anyone received an offer with Meta for DE (IC5) role in the Bay area recently? I am trying to evaluate my offer that I got recently. TC : working as a DE (l5), not worth mentioning 🥜🥜 Offer: 328k including sign on bonus (base: 165+ bonus: 15% + stocks: 100k per year + 38k sign on) Location:
- Getting to $1million in TC Depending on AMZN stock price, I'm at $280k to $300k in TC as an L6 TPM in AWS. I have a sub-goal of getting to $1 million in TC by 2024. What companies are out there where I could potentially make a $1M in TC as a principal TPM within the next 2 years? Edit: Does it make sense to transition to pr
- What’s your TC and what watch do you wear any watch enthusiasts on blind? currently wearing a speed master professional, hoping to get a gmt master in the near future TC:180k edit: wrist shot!!
- Hit 450k TC At 3.5 YOE. AMA. TC by year: 0: 230k 0.5: 280k (IPO) 1: 300k (promo to L4) 1.5: 290k (refresher but lower stock) 2: 250k (COVID) 2.5: 360k (refresher) 2.75: 420k (high stock) 3: 400k (promo to L5) 3.5: 450k (refresher) 4: 370k (4 year grant runs out)