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I've never heard of GS having a significant software presence in SF. Their technology teams are mostly in NYC/Jersey City. The closest bank I could think of with a decent SF presence is Capital One and their senior SWE positions seem to range from 110-175k a year according to Glassdoor. That'd be roughly in line with many startups, though ofc not competitive with unicorns/FAANG.

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Glassdoor salaries are not anywhere near where people are actually compensated - 50% of income in a lot of places is in bonuses and at places I’ve worked Glassdoor has always been extremely low.

Yup, totally valid points. Unfortunately I don't have any better sources of data so Glassdoor's the best I could come up with.

Is this a valid use case for the blockchain? A shared ledger of salary info folks post to that isn’t easy to munge.

May be your comp is just somewhat above the average for your company?

Glassdoor usually completely misses stock grants, bonuses, etc. Base salaries are close.

Anecdotally: Capital One senior associates in New York(senior associate is their internal title, here it means with ~3 years experience) are at ~125-130k. I'd imagine from a cost of living perspective, it'd be about the same in SF.

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