[dublidu]

Yes. Senior engineers at these companies are heavily compensated via equity. Total comp can fluctuate by tens of thousands each month. Its crazy hoe much picking a job has become an exercise in stock picking, and it’s crazy how little our individual performance correlates with comp.

[woolvalley]

I have a saying that we didn't become all of a sudden better people, but that we are over priced like houses in the bay area, subject to similar dynamics because the demand is large and from the wealthiest companies in the world.