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Just look at the salary ranges for the various levels within FAANG companies. See http://levels.fyi

In both the Bay Area and Seattle if companies don't at least attempt to get close to these numbers they will not be able to get the best engineers from these areas.

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I’m aware of the anonymous salary ranges. I’m more interested in individual feedback here.

Alright. I have around 20 years of experience in the industry. As far as levels go I'm between L6 and L7 Google level.

I consider anything less than $170k/yr these days to be insulting, regardless of whether they are FAANG or not. My last 3 non-FAANG position have paid that much / more.

That's about what senior government jobs pay.

That’s less than FAANG entry level salary for Silicon Valley. L3 at Google. L6 make almost half a million a year in total compensation.

> Google L3 TOTAL ESTIMATE $187,769

> L3 / T3 is the new grad software engineering role at Google

https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google&track=Software%20Engi...

And at higher levels equity becomes a bigger portion of comp. So you can get 100k+ in equity a year as a senior IC.

Yes I agreed that for my experience and ability I get paid badly. It is one of the reasons I am a rather bitter and angry person.

On the other hand, I still make a lot of money compared to the majority of people. This is little consolation though after devoting so much time and effort in my life to what I do.

Hence I hate pretty much every engineer I come into contact with these days. A huge number of them make as much or more than I do, and have 1/3 the experience and knowledge.

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