Comment by salaryanony1 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by salaryanony1 | Hacker News Reader

Salary progression, no college degree. Cash only comp, no RSUs or anything like that.

  20 - $65k   (Office Rural NY, SE)
  21 - $65k   (Remote, 10 Person Startup, SE)
  22 - $75k   (Remote, 10 Person Startup, SE)
  23 - $85k   (Remote, 10 Person Startup, SE)
  24 - $85k   (Remote, 10 Person Startup, SE)
  25 - $225k  (Remote, SF Series B Startup, Lead SE)
  26 - $225k  (Remote, SF Series B Startup, Lead SE)
  27 - $393k  (Office, SF Series C/D Startup, Principal SE)
  28 - $393k  (Office, SF Series C/D Startup, Principal SE)
  29 - $0     (Took a year off)
  30 - $0     (Took a year off)
  31 - $150k  (Founded a startup)

You paid yourself $150k in your first year as startup founder? Huh.

Yeah, weird situation, good business opportunity + good funding. The barnacles that come with a high income means that it's hard to cut back. I would have trouble living on less than this.

That’s a really great company to pay SF rates while working remotely. Wish I could find one like that.

What how did your salary jump so much between 24/25? Bonuses? Or base?

New job, good negotiation skills. $225K was base. IIRC, I negotiated a bonus (not included in the 225) that was like ~30K when then next funding round closed.

What industry were you working in when at the Series B and Series C/D companies? Do you feel like your salaries at those companies represent the going-rate your colleagues also received?

Series B company was a B2C mobile app. Series C/D company was B2B startup.

What did your day to day look like?

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