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by rootsudo 2197 days ago
1. Everyone on Blind lies.

2. People who are there previous five years are quoting their TC w/ current stock prices, people who recently onboarded do not have the same strike price and will be less.

3. Golden handcuffs, and apparently non-compete.

It sounds nice on paper, but spend some time in Downtown and go to a few Amazonian bars and you'll figure out alot of the downsides. Especially if you're at any of Amazon projects that aren't really..working e.g. Blue Origin.

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levels.fyi estimates Sr. SDE has $304,787 total comp. But I'm not sure whether the stock component is at vest price or grant price.

https://www.levels.fyi/SE/Amazon/Google/Facebook#

Any salary or compensation website will be skewed upwards. It's how humans naturally are. Linking a different website doesn't change this reality.