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5 million RMB is only 800k USD. For comparison, a livestream star in China can sell $2 billion worth of goods in a day. China has over 1 billion people. The country is donating what is amount to 1 FANG employee's annual salary. This amount is like giving a penny just to appear neutral to both sides. They are donating to buy the argument that they care.

Update: For those still unconvinced, a neighboring economy with equivalent to 5% of China's GDP donated 27 tons of medical supplies. Anyone with knowledge want to calculate the market value of each ton of medical supply?

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FANG salaries are now $800k a year in the US?! That sounds insane from my European perspective. Or are we talking management level?

Definitely management, but quite possibly middle-management, not that high.

$200K is entry level for Google in the Bay Area. $800K is probably 95th. percentile for individual contributors but you don’t have to be management to hit that. It is rare.

I am curious.

How does entry level for Google in Europe looks like? Both in UK and non-UK countries?

Zurich. L3 is $195K (entry level), L5 $315K, L6 $400,000.

Looks like the bottom is similar to Mountain View and higher levels are lower for Google.

https://www.levels.fyi/comp.html?track=Software%20Engineer&c...

Depends on how you count the year 3 personal jet

What? Is it a joke or an actual thing?

A sample point: 5 million RMB is worth of an 80m² apartment in Shanghai, but many ordinary Chinese need to pay a 10~30 yr mortgage. Average salaries are not that high in China.

Real estate is crazier in China than in the USA when you compare housing costs to local salaries, or even when you compare Chinese housing costs to American salaries. I relocated from Beijing back to Seattle so I could buy a house.

To bring perspective, Bosch Germany recently donated a million euros (1.1 mil USD) to the red cross and opened its surrounding-country offices as refugee shelters (Stefan Hartung interview).

But its a very welcome donation by CRC considering the political move.

> The country is donating what is amount to 1 FANG employee's annual salary.

>70% of employees at FAANG make less than $800k per year.

With this year's crazy tech stock appreciation, I would hope they would be making somewhere close to this from RSU.

But okay, 2 FANG employees :)

30% make more than 800k???

I guess they should donate weapons instead, because missiles are always expensive than blankets for refuges.

So how much money did you donate? Was it enough compared to your income?

Definitely more than you? Stupid questions get stupid answers.

By the way, when China used to have disasters, international communities use to donate 10x that amount. Some food for thought.

It's not a stupid question. When you judge others about how much they donate, do you hold yourself to the same standard?

I donated 1 month of my paycheck to Ukraine. And notice how I'm not complaining that anyone donated too little. I think Ukraine can use any help they can get. And if the Chinese Red Cross donates whatever, that is great.

If you donated a lot, then I agree that you're allowed to judge others. But as long as you don't hold yourself to your own standard, I suggest you look in the mirror first.

It is a stupid question. You are comparing the nominal value of an individual donation vs. a country. As my original comment stated, if you compare country to country, its the least amount they can give. The fact you can't understand scale isn't my problem. And perhaps develop some critical thinking skills instead of telling others to buy a mirror.

Here's the definition for you (just in case): Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to form a judgment.

What you are effective saying is that I should keep my mouth shut because any help they can get we should be grateful. Despite the fact, their government knew of this attack even before and support the attack on Ukraine by actively spreading Russian propaganda saying the Ukrainians deserve it.

As for saying I can't judge the motivations of the Chinese government until I donate as much as them is just.. ¯\(°_o)/¯ ?! What kind of logic is that? Pay-to-judge? What (https://i.imgur.com/lB5wmMp.png)?! Oh man.. This is truly the first head scratcher I have ever encountered here.

Ok, so you did jack shit yourself, but then complain that others are doing too little.

I guess complaining on a forum is easier than actually doing something to help people.

No.. I donated like you. What are you talking about man? I don't even know what you are going on about anymore. It seems like you are having a hissy fit. You do you. Let's end this conversation. Enjoy your day, I think you have been on the internet for too long.

Truly the least China can do, given the massive financial support they are providing to Putin to facilitate his war effort.

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