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Is 'mid-level' really senior or higher? You are probably right about the authors assumptions.

Interesting that mortgage brokers consider it part of your income. Though I guess it makes sense. I didn't realise exactly how high compensation was in the Bay Area. People always throw out numbers but I've always struggled to find any actual data. Perhaps I should head to the 'mines' for a bit...

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> I didn't realise exactly how high compensation was in the Bay Area.

Important to note that $300k isn't really a typical number for a midlevel developer in the Bay Area even if it is a typical number for Google and similarly competitive companies. It's like looking at investment banking comp and deciding that it's a typical number for a midlevel employee in finance.

That said, it's a perfectly achievable number a few years out of college.

Yes, this is true. There are always people here on HN whose brother’s roommate’s best friend makes $300k at Facebook, and conclude that everyone in tech in the Bay Area makes that much. We are talking about outlier salaries at outlier companies.

I'm saying that they are normal total comp figures at outlier companies not outlier total comp figures at outlier companies. Of course they are outliers compared to the rest of the world.

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