Scope for higher TC?

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luddite

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 luddite
Jul 20, 2018 22 Comments

L4 Google SWE here, joined in the fall of 2017 with TC a smidge over $400k (PM me for breakdown if you care). I've got 6+yrs of experience but I haven't worked on anything groundbreaking; just did well in the interviews and had a good number of competing offers.

I'd love to stay at Google because there's a lot of great problems to tackle here. But I was curious what other companies would offer higher comp for someone with my background (generalist backend engineer). I ask because if I don't get promoted quickly here then I'll hit a massive cliff in year 5. I'd prefer to not optimize for promo but instead optimize for learning here (provided that I can jump to another company with higher comp later on).

Thoughts?

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  • Lyft
    lyft123.

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    lyft123.
    You’ve been there for a year? Try to develop yourself for another year or two before starting to worry about this.
    Jul 20, 2018 1
    • Google / Eng
      luddite

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       luddite
      OP
      Sound advice. I just asked because the advice would guide whether I should passionately pursue promo on current (and admittedly boring) team vs. hop around internally to teams doing cool work (with admittedly less scope for promo)
      Jul 20, 2018
  • FB E5 will not be able to match 400k for a Google T4 (it could happen if a T6 was coming in down-leveled for whatever reason), let alone matching whatever your comp will be 3 years down the line due to stock appreciation. Nope, not happening.

    Given that you’re already way overpaid for your level, my advice would be to stop obsessing about comp and start focusing on the actual work at least now. Focus on doing what you like and growing as an engineer, not on optimizing for the overpaid status 3 years down the line. Get your priorities straight.

    Also if Google wants to pay you 400k at T4, you must be really good. Shouldn’t be too hard to make it to T5 - they wouldn’t pay you that much if they didn’t think you could make T5 soon enough. Find the right team where you can thrive with your skill set and kill it there.
    Jul 21, 2018 1
    • Oracle
      Excalibr

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      Excalibr
      Before it hits the fan or someone up the chain tightens their purse strings, get doing something critical if you aren't doing that already and stay ahead!
      Jul 21, 2018
  • Google
    MAOz16

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    MAOz16
    You’re honestly not gonna find anything that much higher. You haven’t even been one year and are worrying about year 5 cliff, are you not doing well in the role?
    Jul 20, 2018 3
  • Apple
    Google L7

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    Google L7
    FB should be able to match or beat
    Jul 20, 2018 3
  • Google / Eng
    FLnT40

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     FLnT40
    Maybe you are overpaid if you’re not performing well.
    Jul 20, 2018 2