[dmourati]

But you can make that ~500k/yr at a half dozen (at least!) other companies without compromising yourself and selling out. I think FB has a reputation as paying at or above the market max. It's not like the other FANGs or unicorns are slouches in the comp department.

[lawnchair_larry]

They are not paying most of their engineers close to 500k/yr.

[malvosenior]

$500k a year in Palo Alto is not a lot of money. I don't think you could even buy a standard family house earning that much there.

[dmourati]

Not true at all. Source, earned less than that much, bought a house in MV in the last 1.5 years.