[nialldalton]

I'm not lying but my comment is being misinterpreted; I should have been clearer.

That's an annual comp number, not a quarterly. I was trying to say I see a certain rate of offers flying by to/from some people, at those levels.

Also; bear in mind that some of the offers are under the assumption that certain technology is rebuilt and/or replicated. (Personally I don't touch such offers). So it's not just a regular thing, it's folks attempting to hire to replace/replicate/compete on certain tech too.

The offers I've seen that are predicated on build a major new platform to support a firms activities, have included a guarantee for the first year (essentially a fancy perf bonus) given that the entire year would be spent deep in the bowels of hard systems work that would only come to fruition later.

(edit to add comment re why some such offers have a first year guarantee; being vague to protect the guilty).