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You can get similar comp at Google and Facebook, to name just two examples. Why should I choose Netflix if I can get the same pay there, minus the BS?

Also, I won't have to live in Los Gatos.

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Huh, immediately then someone will complain Google is evil as it working with Chinese government and FB is evil because it is working Russians who meddled with US elections.

Infact I wouldn't know of many companies who can't be branded evil or full of BS for some or other reason.

Don’t choose them. It sucks I just said that. But working at Google or Facebook is totally different. Netflix has a couple hundred engineers. They aren’t involved in selling ad funded content. I wouldn’t want to work at google or facebook

Netflix had 5,700 employees in 2017, and only a 'couple hundred' of those were engineers?

Yes

I think your stats are off. When I left Netflix in 2015, we already had 1000+ engineers. By 2017 it was probably closer to 2000.

So if 2000 eng, they are paying 300k on avg on the low end. That is like 600 mil/ year???? Omg

180m subscribers x $10 a month = 1.8B per month in income. I think they can deal with it...

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