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My starting in the bay area was $70k at a company nobody has heard of... all the way back in 2008. 100 now seems fairly doable for mortals that have a passion & interest in coding. I've heard the rich kids from elite schools are now getting 200 starting for FAANG tech companies. Unreal.

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back in 2000 70k for a starting salary was already ridiculously low

Not everybody on this forum went to Stanford/MIT/Harvard, has multiple offers to choose from, or is independently wealthy from selling their last startup. I think levels.fyi is pretty cool because they actually go and validate that the salaries people are posting are actually real. Not just make believe. My comp at my current company is above what they are quoting, still low for a dev compared to FAANG company counterparts.

looks like you need to learn how to negotiate

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