Sharing this for my fellow designers as a data point - Los Angeles | Instagram Org Base: 160K RSU: 46,750 per year (Total grant 187K) Bonus: 15% Sign-On: 15K Total Comp (Year 1): $245,750 Current TC: 150K | YOE: 6
Thanks! What level is this for? IC4?
most people I know came in around 250-275 at IC4 (after aggressive negotiations)
Wow. What? 1 YOE in product design and you’re IC4? How the heck?
Wow this is definitely not as amazing as I’d think. I thought meta is super generous My avg TC at G is $257k over 4 years TC year 1 is 312k 5 yoe, L4 Location SF
I’m in LA - so i’d expect a difference in comp
I guess. Wonder what’s the diff between SF and LA
Did you negotiate or have competing offers?
Where do I sign? Making 90k cash in LA at a Startup I’ve been working at for almost 6 years
there’s a lot of money out there!
Lemme guess, you work at an agency?
Wait wait wait, by product designer are you talking hardware or software? I'm a mechanical design engineer/product designer/PDE and have never heard of anyone getting that type of dough
It’s UX design (software)
Digital product design. For physical we tend to use industrial design
What does a product designer do? My wife is industrial designer, in the context of design positions, is it the same? Is a product designer like an industrial or graphic designer or what is the difference?
Product designer is UI/UX. Very different from industrial. In the *simplest* terms…we design…engineers bring those designs to life with code. so a mix of visual skills and product thinking
@twitter, this might just be me but it always bothered me that we interchange UX with product designer…..like I’m currently a product designer but I feel like its more intuitive to just be called UX since its super obvious that UX designers work on software apps. I know other industries and verticals have product designers too but that makes sense cause you are building a physical product lmao.
Sounds about right for IC4. With solid impact you should get a bump to IC5 in 1.5 years.
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Congratulations on a solid offer. Yoe ? That will help understand.
Just updated the post!
For context i am making 203 all cash at an investment bank as a product designer in Texas, which gives me an equalish post-tax. Yoe 3. I'd take this in a heartbeat - regret choosing money and short term career thinking. Think you can ask for more stock. Considering its down the drain ATM could be a wise bet.