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by ericd 2452 days ago
There’s a lot wrapped up in that statement about being extremely Type A. Like responding to emails after hours within 5 minutes. Maybe you don’t think that’s difficult, but it certainly means sacrificing a lot of your home life in a way that a lot of jobs don’t involve.

And yeah, you clearly haven’t been keeping up with dev pay scales at big companies if you think it tops out at 150k. I knew people at $300k total comp a few years out of school, and senior engineers can make far more.
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Dylan16807 2452 days ago
If you're one VP of many, you might have to work out of hours occasionally, but you can have a special emergency line that's only used ten times a year. You don't need to sacrifice your life the way a small business CEO might have to.

> And yeah, you clearly haven’t been keeping up with dev pay scales at big companies if you think it tops out at 150k.

Okay. I don't know any of these devs and just did a search.

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ericd 2452 days ago
Check out levels.fyi for a good source of salary info if you want to get a better picture.

SVPs at big companies run entire divisions of thousands of people. They make it to those levels by being workaholics and politically adept.

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