Does anyone know if these types of $100M numbers are actually true? I think it makes a great headline but wouldn't everyone at senior ranks get packages like this making it unsustainable?
But if Google pays an average engineer on the order of $100,000 , this is 1000 times the average annual salary as a one time bonus.
That seems exceptional, certainly, but not completely insane.
On the flip side, it might keep a certain type of engineer for bolting for a startup. Even the most optimistic entrepreneur knows the odds of a $100 M payday are pretty much non-existent.
He is a One-percenter at the top of the Google pyramid.