NVIDIA offer evaluation

Is it truly a downlevel? If I check levels.fyi for hardware engineers, IC4 is lower L6, but for software engineer it's upper L5.

Don't read into level.fyi too much. I would look at scope you currently do and map it accordingly.

Seems like these are the final numbers.

I guess it comes down to - how much you value remote perk - how much tired or happy are you with your current tean

I'm still unsure which way you're leaning towards.

I am still unsure why you are unsure which way I am leaning toward. For me, there is no way that anyone would jump ship to down level and earn less. Capitalism needs more people like you.

The recruiter is insisting that I map to IC4 since I have less than 12 years work experience. Currently have around 10 years. Seems like the numbers are final from the recruiters standpoint.

Check with them what the average IC4 YoE is. Recruiter may be bsing

What do you mean? Their SWE comp has always been slightly lower than FAANG. Though you're right about downleveling, I got a new grad MS offer as a 2 yoe L4/L5 lol.

Google = Msft, so nvda=Msft. People have started making peanuts

Is this team specific or company wide? The outside world seems to think nvidia wlb is great.

Many teams hw sw omniverse nvcf ngc everywhere i know has poor wlb and toxic mgmt

Is the wlb really that bad?

Depends on the team like any company. Bug don’t take a pay cut when the stock is at ATH

Server Design

Unless you’ve been affected by layoffs or something and need to move out, I’d stay put and try to get a higher levels and pay. I’m in system design too and I feel pay can be much higher depending on companies