Minus Netflix, no FAANG in top pay (except meta at principal level) Sorry googlers, I’m sure this will make you all fume knowing Google is not what it once was (the coping awaits in the comments) Although, I’ll admit Databricks and stripe in particular are paper money right now. Also AR/VR killing it right now https://www.levels.fyi/blog/2023-mid-year-report.html
“Among the various focus tags analyzed, Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality (AR / VR) stood out with an impressive growth rate of 14.5% in median total compensation.” Thanks Tim Apple
Personally I don't really count the paper money companies (just so arbitrary and hard to value), but agree with the general sentiment that FAANG aren't always the top payers. 'Sorry googlers, I'm sure this will make you all fume knowing Google is not what it once was'. Not sure if this is bait but I think most Googlers have felt this way for years. Also note big companies like Google tend to have skewed values because employee retention is higher (so numbers include more existing employees), and they hire proportionally more in MCOL/LCOL areas because they have many offices compared to smaller tech companies like Roblox or Snowflake. Comp tier lists are just dumb. If a company wants you bad enough they'll pay out of band or up level you significantly (yes, that includes Google and Microsoft 🥜). Very common exit for employees from top companies.
Isn’t databricks paper money at this point
Damn apple
Come to Broadcom, we made a list
But isn’t because of the recent stock run? How is in general refreshers for HW IC5?
OpenAI is also paper money. It’s not even RSUs in a non public company, they are PPUs for a company which is a long way from making profit.
But the tender offer allowed people to cash out their profit sharing units. All that matters is demand for that equity, which there is https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/28/openai-funding-valuation-chatgpt/
That doesn’t say that rank and file were allowed to sell. I’d be very surprised if the ppus were allowed to be openly traded outside of liquidity events.
roblox really is wild, i dont understand seems unsustainable
Does Nvidia pay really bad?
Not really bad but nowhere comparable, we are happy just because of our stock boom.
From what I understand, most hardware/firmware work pays less than equivalently experienced SDE work, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the SDE pay is also a bit lower at hardware firms. I’m in Everett and compared to Amazon, Microsoft, Expedia, etc. the Boeing SDE pay is low enough that it’s not worth considering to reduce my commute even if EG goes full on-site IMO.
Google wow !!!
OP you know you work for Microsoft right? But you are right Google is not what it once was. 😔
Googlers are well aware Google isn't what it once was, if anything this article is validation
+ Waymo is on the list 😂 That doesn't make sense.
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