[Infinitesimus]

> $700k is clearly a salary someone got during the bubble.

Research a bit about Netflix's comp philosophy and this will make more sense.

It's not bubble compensation. They aim to beat what someone else will pay for your skills, as long as they want you working there.

Until recently, they also only hired at a single IC level so the range was probably narrower.

[bearjaws]

> They aim to beat what someone else will pay for your skills, as long as they want you working there.

So what happened in 2020-2022 where everyone was willing to pay more and more for the same skill sets?

I think we're agreeing on the same thing here, I am saying they will never pay $700k now, but they probably have someone at that comp level, so they have to list that in the range.

[purpleblue]

You have no idea what you're talking about, so please stop talking with such confidence.

Netflix has always paid top of the market. They haven't dropped their salaries. Period, end of sentence.

[liquidpele]

They will, but it depends on previous work/level. The range is because they’ll hire you in for a position at your ideal level, not necessarily for the position you actually applied for.

[bee_rider]

That looks like, essentially, the decision not to tie skill levels to job titles. Which is legitimate I guess.

But the company needs to fill particular niches, right? So if their philosophy doesn’t allow them to advertise for more or less experienced coders, it seems like they are signing themselves up for a more difficult filtering problem?

I guess that’s why they are unusual. If this sort of thing became really widespread, it would be easy to write a law with more onerous reporting requirements. Maybe we should require a distribution of salaries for that role, for example.