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by nicholas73 4299 days ago
Say that again? 200k for a new grad? Where may I ask?
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I had a friend with a few offers from top places (of the google, facebook, microsoft sort of variety) who ended up taking one for about 100k a year base plus about 500k stock vesting over five years. That was definitely atypical, though, particularly on the stock front.
When I graduated from college in 2011, my good friend and classmate went to work as an engineer for a high-frequency trading firm. They offered him a $160K base salary and a signing bonus of ~$20k.

I'm not surprised at the $200k offer.