Microsoft L60 vs L3 Google SEA

Apr 9 13 Comments

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I am focused on growth.
Completed MS + BS in 2.5-3 years have some research papers online.

I have close to 1.5 year of experience (1.5 YOE - 1 year and 4-5 months) from a well known company

Here are the final numbers (both in seattle)

1.5 YOE full time experience

Microsoft (L60 - late sde 1)
- Salary: $132K/year
- Stock: $150k/4 years
- 10% target bonus
- Bonus: 45k signon
Total w/o refresher: $235k first year, $184k recurring
5-15K refreshers over 4 years

Google (L3 - sde 1)
- Salary: $144k
- Stock: $100k
- 15% yearly target bonus
- Bonus: $20k signon + $8.4k relocation
Total w/o refresher: $220k, $187k recurring
50K refreshers over 4 years

L60 Microsoft is given to people around 1-1.5 year mark
Google L3 is given anywhere from 0-2+ year mark depending on L4 downlevel

Goal:
support my career growth tremendously

thank you

#engineering #software #swe #microsoft #google #decide

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