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>> The other side of this is that in the US as a senior engineer making $400k+ every year completely risk free with good work life balance and good benefits is relatiely easy.

Please don't say "in the US" as that's more of a California thing, and probably only certain cities and companies at that.

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Even in SF/Bay Area, 400 isn’t as common as level.fyi would have you believe. You can’t (easily) trade equity appreciation or pre-liquid options for cash.

Yes, in SF there are companies that give a lot of liquid RSUs, but most engineers don’t work at those companies, even if a lot of engineers do.

Also, if you’ve been swinging and missing in a silo for 20 years without full time employment, you’re most likely not going to easily find a job that pays you 400+ without working full time at large companies first.

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