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by kragen 5459 days ago
> If counting cash + equity, adjusting for risk, only a few companies (FB etc.) now can beat Google in terms of expected income.

Are you including e.g. Morgan Stanley and Knight Capital in your pool? Because Google's salaries would have had to rise a lot more than 10% to catch up to those guys, last I heard.
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msort 5459 days ago
Software engineers surely can make more or less in Financial Industries.

Please read my original comment, which was comparing Google with other software companies.

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kragen 5459 days ago
If Google is a "software company", then so is Knight. (Morgan Stanley is, admittedly, a little more contentious.)
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