[manfredo]

My first tech job wasn't event at a FAANG company and I made $110k right out of college. My next job was at a ~1,000 person startup and my salary was bumped up to over $160k.

Maybe it's a Europe vs US thing but it's definitely not the case that salary is poor outside of tech giants.

[dbancajas]

bay area? dang that's a lot. is that writing CRUD apps? EE PhD's don't earn that amount even with 2 years experience