Is Facebook IC5/IC6 $400k TC possible for design?
So I’ve been freelancing in UX for years at $150/hr making my total salary on average $350k. I’ve freelanced for Google, Netflix, Agencies, etc.
Anyway, ex-coworkers at Google got me to interview for a Staff Designer role. Just finished and waiting to hear back from hiring committee. Yesterday a friend at Facebook got me a quick chat with a recruiter who explained the process and after looking at TC here and other places it looks like that sits around $300k-ish. Don’t even want to bother go through lengthy interview is salary is likely less.
Also Amazon and eBay reached out too. After Google, I just don’t want to bother with the interview processes if it’s what I’m already making freelance.
Any thoughts? (Besides I’m over paid as a freelancer)
#offer #facebookoffer #googleoffer
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Curious to know how you got the freelance projects, especially your first ones
Came out of college and got fulltime ux role at an agency, jumped around to a few different agencies over the first 6-8 years ... making lots of connections and proving to people I’m a good strategist/designer.
One point I quit one of my agency gigs and the client I was working with asked if they could hire me freelance and asked for a number. Just said $150/hr and they said yes. From then on I just post on Linkedin that I’m looking for a gig and someone I’ve worked with in the past is working at a new company and offer me a role.
Usually with each client I hit a 1-2 year max window before I need to join them full-time or take a 6 month break. That’s when I poke around on LinkedIn and find my next role.