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I think people misunderstand this change. Previously it was up to $160K base + the rest stock/bonus. As the stock has been somewhat static lately, they've just rebalanced to more salary, less stock. The net is about the same assuming recent stock appreciation.

I got an offer for SDE2 in 2020 for ~$250K TC annually. First two years were mostly cash bonus (like 5, then 15% stock). The last 2 years had probably ~$160K base and stock worth about as much as the first year's bonus, maybe more.

Is this meaningfully different nowadays for SD2? How does it stack against SDE3?

Two years ago for SDE2 the first year comp was ~260k + 5% of RSU's at end of first year, second year was ~250k + 15% of RSU's.

That's due to cash bonus (base was around 180k). 3rd and 4th years no bonus, but 40/40 RSU vests.

Without firsthand knowledge, I heard SDE 2 can get up to 400k and SDE 3 can get 500-600k. Crazy.

There is a blind post on the new pay bands floating around somewhere.

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