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0 pointschronic8300211y ago0 comments

> This is the average, it'd be interesting to know what's the median for a SWE is.

900k is average including janitors and HR.

Median for SWE most definitely over $1 million. Turnover of 6%? No way people stick around “only” making 500-600k new grad comp. Check levels.fyi

> Also, some high-level SWE do make 900K at Google and others

And some high-level SWEs at JS make 9 figures, not 900k.

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basil-rash1y ago

Janitorial staff is almost certainly subcontracted.

walthamstow1y ago

I'd agree for any other company or even public body, but I'd bet that JS prefer to keep it all in-house. They are extremely secretive.

yodsanklai1y ago

FWIW I'm getting contacted regularly by recruiters working with JS in London. When enquired about salary, from their experience, people with my experience can get about £350k+. It's higher than an L6 SWE at Google/Meta in London, but not outrageously so.

lupire1y ago

Some high level SWEs at Google are billionaires.

hcks1y ago

Highly doubt that

sullyreed81y ago

> Some high level SWEs at Google are billionaires.

The entire tech industry has fewer billionaires than quant finance.

If you are ambitious, tech SWE is a bad deal.

lotsofpulp1y ago

The tech billionaires are far richer than quant finance billionaires.

And I would bet that tech SWE has a far higher probability of launching you into $10M+ range than quant finance.

I don’t know that a few more single digit billionaires (if that is even true) puts quant finance ahead of tech SWE in terms of potential rewards for the “ambitious”.

Also, quality of life is far better for tech SWE.

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