maybeunderpaid

I had never heard of that. I'm fairly sure my team has two people in the "club". Both are quite young and are already principals.

Internal level. 59 and 60 are SDE I, SDET I and PM I.

I was complaining on the other thread that as an SDE II I'm making just about the same as an SDE I who posted there. But you, my friend, are underpaid :(

You can switch to another company on H-1B, but if you've already started the Green Card progress, it will get reset.

BTW, I was hired as an SDE I even with 6 years experience.

Yep. Someone from Microsoft - where I work - posted here that they're making $115K at a level below mine, which is just a tad less than I make. Also, I've realized from recent conversations with coworkers about taxes, savings and investing that I make significantly less than them.

MSFT hired me at the lowest level (SDE I level 59) when I already had about 6 years experience.

I know someone who was a had a senior role at one company and was a lead at another and was also hired as SDE I.

I think it's a bad case of "doesn't matter what they did before, we're freaking MSFT, no one's good enough for us to be hired into a higher position."

I'm SDE II an earn just a little more base than you ($117K). Judging by conversations with team members about which tax brackets we fall in and how much we save/invest per year, I'm fairly sure I'm underpaid for my level.

There's a college hire PM in my team (not PM II, so he's either 59 or 60) who's single and in the 33% bracket. That means he's making at least $189K a year.

Edit: I should add, my PM coworker could be wrong about his tax bracket. I can't fathom how they would offer him that much in base salary + stock. But he did mention being in the 33% bracket.