A surprising finding here - that doesn’t match what I would have expected - is how Engineering is compensated 90% in cash. I would have assumed equity is pretty heavy for software engineers, especially in senior and above positions.
I do wish there were more takeaways to what seems to be data confirming these:
1. Compensation is going up, and especially software engineering compensation.
2. Startups are starting to compete stronger on cash compensation (thanks to a strong funding environment, and the market).
3. Remote work is slowly eroding regional differences in the US (and, as a note, globally, as well).
Sadly, there’s no data on remote work here, nor is there anything on what % the market moved up the last year in various disciplines. At least for engineering, the past year has been a major jump upwards in compensation.