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450k? How does that happen?
Higher tiers engineering in FAANG.
Very few software engineers earn those numbers
FAANG + Bay Area + L5 and up is likely to get you there.
That's a very small portion of software engineers, but under these conditions it's no longer exceptional.
what exactly are they coding to get paid that much?
asking ~~for a friend~~ for me. im asking for me.
They probably only code a little bit. They review and guide at that point. Essentially leading the team's coding efforts, ensuring the product is of quality.
Full stack, split discipline, niche solution architects, specialty languages (old, science), principals, founders. It's the minority
this is not as specific as i expected... what sets these apart and what are they working on?
Which one(s) are you 😎
(Full stack founder?!)
I'm high end SRE, but work isn't my pursuit in life so I'm still on the support teams, collecting a decent paycheck.
Bet you’re epic to work with. Hope you’re having as much fun as possible with that!
Likely very little, they're paid for knowledge of their codebase and higher level stuff. It's cheaper to then pay someone lower level to do the grunt work.
Be talented and lucky enough to get in on the ground floor of a startup.
The startup game is basically dead for getting rich. First to be employed is just first to get screwed over. Either found a startup yourself or aim for big tech imo, but that's also pretty hard given current market conditions. Get ready to surf the next ZIRP-wave though!
Yeah normal companies don't pay anything like that in Colorado (or if they do wtf am I still doing in cybersec lol). Cali, FAANG for sure.
Investing or something probably