> you could be at Google collecting a 1/2M paycheck
That's director-level compensation. Would somebody whose only experience is 4-5 years of running a startup be hired straight into a director role?
That's director-level compensation. Would somebody whose only experience is 4-5 years of running a startup be hired straight into a director role?
If someone fresh out of college just worked 5 years on their startup and then abandoned ship they probably wouldn't get a very impressive role unless their startup was a crazy fast success though.
I have a friend that is senior dev at FB with 550k total comp (pre-recent crashes). He is just really good at interviewing.
500k for a senior dev is actually not too far out there. I have an L3 friend at Google (l3 is new hire level) who has been at the company for almost 2 years and who's total comp is almost 300k. So some L5s and L6s could certainly be pulling in 500k.