Tc is roughly 170k base 15% bonus and 50k stock. About 250k. Hard to predict stock at Akamai since refreshers are on a 3 year cycle instead of 4 (equity curve more loaded toward the shorter term) and refreshers can wildly swing up and down year to year. My refreshers have averaged 40k but I have received as low as 20k and as high as 70k. Next 2 years I’ve got 50k locked in to vest for each year but if they stop refreshing me it’ll fall off a cliff. I don’t trust the RSU to keep coming in at this rate even though I’ve been refreshed 100% of the time. Would be nice to get an offer with a fat equity package to lock in the RSU for longer. Is it worth jumping ship in the Boston area to get more loot or should I drop anchor and ride it out some more here? What should I be shooting for for TC in the Boston area? What is the current top of market for cash compensation and TC? Due to the unpredictable nature of RSU I really want to max out the base salary at my next jump.
Come back here after u have offers at hand.
SDE?
Of course
I would jump for most cases :)
Try for FB or Google there. You can get 50% jump
Interview around as others have said but also, don’t forget happiness because 10% more money doesn’t make you that much happier. If you make 200k tc and you get 10% more but you aren’t happy, will that say 10k additional after taxes be worth it?
There’s no harm in interviewing around and see what you get. Decide after you get some offers.
^ this.