[quickthrower2]

But if you want or need 500k I’m guessing your list of potential companies to work for is small, and you’d have to work for a FAANG style co.

[TheDom]

Not necessarily, the market is very competitive here. But to get to $500k TC as an IC (<= L5), your company will have to do well to increase the value of your grants by ~50-100%. But that is not uncommon or unrealistic.