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by 8f2ab37a-ed6c 2756 days ago
If you interview well and have competing offers from large firms that shell out good cash, you can get that as a senior dev. Networking helps a lot, if you have the right friends working there, they'll make sure you interview with the right people.
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morgante 2756 days ago
1-2M is way above market for a "senior dev." Even for the top companies, that tier is reserved for truly outstanding performers who have launched major projects/innovations.
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fierro 2756 days ago
Yeah he said 500k. I Initially thought the same as you, 1-2mil.

500k for a senior dev is actually not too far out there. I have an L3 friend at Google (l3 is new hire level) who has been at the company for almost 2 years and who's total comp is almost 300k. So some L5s and L6s could certainly be pulling in 500k.

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itake 2756 days ago
he said 1/2M or 500k, not 1-2M.

I have a friend that is senior dev at FB with 550k total comp (pre-recent crashes). He is just really good at interviewing.

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