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Comment by heptathorp | Hacker News Reader

After reading some of these comments...

Holy shit, I am under paid.

Right? I like the one from amznnewgrad: $90k base as a new grad and "needless to say" they declined the offer. Needless to say?

I was hired after a year out of college in 2010 at aboyt $37k and it felt like I hit the lottery. Granted, where I live costs much less than Seattle, and I also make significantly more now, but still not $90k.

amznnewgrad is trolling for sure!

I'm not sure why you'd say that. TripAdvisor, my first FT gig, offered new hires $85K in Boston in 2010, plus a pretty significant stock package. Today, in 2016 (or even last year), $90K in a similar CoL, similar demand market is nothing to write home about.

I can confirm that it sounds reasonable. My offer was over 100k at amazon a few years ago as a new college grad (though I declined). Glassdoor seems to confirm that this is the norm nowadays.

Unlikely. New grads get 100k easy, at any company in the Bay Area, NYC, or Seattle. Thats just the market rate.

90k$ is low, I have seen several get 140k$ (Base + Signing bonus) for SDE roles out of college.

37K is extremely low for a SDE, even in rural America. Sorry dude. You can probably go to another similar COL place and make 45-80K.

Yes "needless to say." I was paid a little bit more than the annual equivalent of 90k when I was an intern in SV at both a large tech company (that you've heard of), and a well-funded startup.

Which is why companies treat salaries like state secrets. If you don't have a reliable baseline you can't use "I'm underpaid" to your advantage in negotiations. You may not even know you are underpaid! Information asymmetry.

Yep. Someone from Microsoft - where I work - posted here that they're making $115K at a level below mine, which is just a tad less than I make. Also, I've realized from recent conversations with coworkers about taxes, savings and investing that I make significantly less than them.

It certainly is making me regret my life decisions.

I know right ... Jesus.

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