His payment do not seems so crazy. 200k for devs and 500k for manager.
You have to file, yes, but you don't necessarily have to pay. For Federal taxes there is the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. As long as you are outside of the US for at least 330 days in a year you can exclude up to $108,700 (for 2021) in foreign earnings. There are a few other scenarios too.
That's technically only true for one of the two possible tests for FEIE. The presence test doesn't require any taxes to be paid anywhere else, and the bona fide resident test only requires that your "tax home" is in a different country.
I'm making $500k+ in Atlanta as a reference point. As are my coworkers. I'm not super senior, and I'm not bragging. I just want to spread awareness of the existence and obtainability of these salaries.
A lot of people think they can't get jobs at high paying tech companies, when they can. Or they think it'd cost them their work-life-balance, when it often doesn't. Or that they wouldn't be able to handle it, when that shouldn't be a factor at all.
I mean Google getting 300 vs 200 applicants for an opening is kind of silly thing to promote.
Because common isn't the right word. Attainable is.
They also say $350k isn't an "incredible" which seems to suggest it’s more than just attainable it’s a reasonable goal.
If you're happy with a 100k salary, far be it from me to commiserate. But don't tell other people they can't attain higher compensation that puts them into the top 1% of earners. These jobs are real, they're not scarce, and they're absolutely not overly difficult to attain. You don't even need a college degree.
Don't tell people not to look. That's horrible.