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I think us IT'ers feel somewhat buffered in life just by the fact that it's quite possible to get job offers with $600k salaries...

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I'm not sure that it is. 600k total I might believe someone got in the bay area for total comp, but for base salary? You'd have to be on the 1% of the 1% of devs to get that salary. It is by no means a common salary in even the US, much less the world

80% base, 20% bonus. Cyber security practice leadership (not software development).

Previous post said 600k base?

Yes. $600k base (80%) + 20% for hitting assigned targets.

So 720k total? That is in no way a common job that an average developer can feel comfortable about getting

It's not "a" job though, it was a partner position.

Which requires a buy-in, too, at least at the big 4 consulting firms. I've never heard of someone being brought in as a partner without having been partner somewhere else, or bringing over a whole group. (it's not because I haven't heard of it, that it doesn't exist, of course). I call bullshit.

I don't blame you :)

I'm sure I'm less intelligent than the average HN commenter and I'm certain there are many here with greater infosec expertise. So what explains the salary package? It's the combination of skills in this case. People are usually either good technically or good at sales. Rarely they're good at both. That's why most technology companies sales organisations pairs up an account managers with a tech guy. My talent was not being the best at either, but being uniquely good at both.

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