Inspiring story https://www.businessinsider.com/software-engineer-salary-journey-meta-apple-oracle-2024-4 Copy-pasting most relevant part from the article, the TC history Oracle 2012-2014: $15,000 total compensation Grad School 2014-2016: $0 total compensation Student loan debt: $65,000 Apple 2016: $130,000 total compensation 2017: $165,000 total compensation Meta 2018: $230,000 total compensation 2019: $240,000 total compensation 2020: $350,000 total compensation (promotion) 2021: $510,000 total compensation 2022: $375,000 total compensation (promotion, but total compensation dropped due to stock price drop) 2023: $545,000 total compensation 2024: projected to make $685,000 through a combination of base salary, bonuses, and stock. Blind tax: my TC is but a pittance of his at 240K
And he couldn't post it on Blind like the rest of us?
businessinsider is apparently a bigger flex than blind. pretty sure I have some mails from eugene kim lying around in my inbox
This is actually a much more common trajectory than you think. Tons of people who joined big tech straight out of college did great.
The key is being able to get into big tech directly out of college. Many many more of us have to work years in crappy jobs to prove our worthiness
it’s no big deal Meta, total earnings is incredibly backloaded. The few few years as a FANG new year/mid level you really aren’t stacking too many more racks if you have 7 years at 500-700k TC does it matter if you started with 3 years at 140 vs 250? 6 months salary difference.
Thanks for the summary. Jumping is the way. But I would like to hear from those who are 15+ into this career. And those who balanced family life and career.
I only jumped once and it was a lateral. I earned my raises through promos over a period of 10 years. TC 750
I personally don’t like stock appreciation in TC at least for the sake of showing career progression. I prefer to see offer numbers, refreshers, and promotion numbers. The stuff companies actually say you’re worth this amount. It’s not like he found a job that pays $600k TC, or can even find a new job that pays $600k TC. If I work at NVIDIA, and was offered $200k tc, now it’s $1 million TC next year, I’m not “worth” that much to the market where I can just get a $1 million offer at another company, for example. Stock appreciation in TC is good for contemplating switching companies, doing finances, or just showboating your NW. Not so much showing how well your career is going. It’s basically luck.
It’s not just stock appreciation, there are also overlapping grants. People with heavy stock appreciation are making even more at meta. New E5 offers can get you 450k, and with sign on 550k first year comp. Then you get 175k refresh grants and your subsequent year comp without any stock appreciation is already 500k+. Also for someone at meta for so long they have a shot at E6 promo and can consistently make 600k+.
True, give me base salary + bonus. Stock market jumps
Business insider picks stories from blind and prints it. Then blind posts business insider stories. Infinite loop.
did he print his own story for EB1 green card?
Say what you want about the indians but they are damn brave and inspiring. Is he single?
Me as not a software engineer in Canada Co-op 2014 15k summer Grad school 19k, 20k, 45k, 45k, 50k, 34k til 2020 Job 1: 110k Jobs 2, 295k, 305k, 304k. TBD…
Seems like such a childish behavior from OP.. Pathetic 😔
I don't hate my life bruh, happy for the guy.