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0 pointseek21214mo ago0 comments

FAANG isn't the world.

Salaries for developers are well under $150k in most of the United States, for example, and that is for senior engineers. Most startups are paying $90k-$140k for senior devs, for example (I haven't done the math, but from my own experience, $100-$120k is the general sweet spot). Larger companies pay a bit more, but move beyond that and you are talking management.

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tracerbulletx4mo ago

I'd argue a design system used by like half the world at this point should hire the best front end engineers at a high salary and that's ok. There are people doing jack shit making more.

FootballMuse4mo ago

They were hiring about two years ago: https://tailwindcss.com/blog/hiring-a-design-engineer-and-st...

A Design Engineer and Staff Software Engineer both for $275k

Guillaume864mo ago

Well that explains it then, don't offer stupid salaries before you make stupid money...

ryanSrich4mo ago

> Salaries for developers are well under $150k in most of the United States, for example, and that is for senior engineers

As someone who has hired hundreds of SWEs over the last 12 years from 20+ states, I have to disagree.

$150k is on the lower end for base for a Sr. SWE, and well below the total comp someone would expect. You can make the argument that $150k base is reasonable, but even Sr. SWE in the middle of the country are looking for closer to $180k -$200k OTE.

troupo4mo ago

100k per month per person is over 1 million a year.

So 2 million per year barely gets you two people.

d1sxeyes4mo ago

100k per year.

narmiouh4mo ago

I am really curious about metro areas that are paying 100-120k for senior(in the real sense) devs. Could you please share some metro areas you are familiar with?

FridgeSeal4mo ago

120k USD ~= 180k AUD, which is a rate I have _definitely_ seen advertised for Seniors in Sydney + Melbourne.

selcuka4mo ago

I'm in Brisbane, but salaries are wildly different between US and AU. The exchange rate is not a good approximation. We don't see many US$275K (AU$410K) remote jobs [1] advertised in Australia either.

[1] https://tailwindcss.com/blog/hiring-a-design-engineer-and-st...

zdragnar4mo ago

Most metro areas in the Midwest, I think. Certainly the ones near me, at least.

shimman4mo ago

Sure. Boston, NYC, Seattle, basically any city in the US you will find senior devs being hired at that price range.

You do realize not every company pays well right?

estearum4mo ago

Most “senior devs” are actually bad.

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