And willingness to relocate, possibly across the world.
And feasibility of getting an US visa.
Or facing much, much stiffer odds if you want to be paid that well as a remote worker, since the number of remote spots with that kind of pay is incredibly small compared to the amount of people fighting over them.
Sometimes good opportunities are at times when you're not ready for them. We all get some sort of a "shot" but it's very difficult to see sometimes, or to make the risky move of accepting it.
> And feasibility of getting an US visa.
Or Switzerland, which is relatively easy for most Europeans, and easier than US for virtually everyone, I think.
You basically need to be in the US, and in the US in the Silicon Valley, Seattle or NYC, I think, to somewhat reasonably hit 400-500k with just an algorithms interview :-)
Target total compensation? Not total compensation after stocks went up a ton?