| It's an outdated perspective. MAANG doesn't appear to pay the most anymore [0]. Across levels, only Netflix scores top 50. Of the top 10, 4 are VC backed startups, 3 are mature/listed (including Netflix), and 3 are finance. Of the top 20, 10 are startups, 5 are listed, 5 are finance. It seems that startups are your best bet for good money overall. If you rank it by seniority, startups tend to pay much higher for less experienced people and MAANG only has the highest end game pay. Which also reflects why many startup founders are young. If you're very experienced, then you're probably best off joining MAANG. Even then, it's likely that MAANG doesn't even pay the best rates anymore; some of these top paid people likely have tenure as well. There's a flood of applicants, so why should they pay top tier? If you're really young, you'd be better off joining or starting a mid stage startup, rather than climb up the career ladder of MAANG. Or the strategy is often to get a job at MAANG as a resume item, so you could raise money from investors later or jump into a top tier company like Roblox. [0] https://www.levels.fyi/leaderboard/Software-Engineer/All-Lev... (Software) |
Maybe I should brush up my Systems knowledge and Korean...