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0 pointsflatfilefan7y ago0 comments

Out of curiosity and a bit of jealousy :-) What is the programming field companies are willing to give MM of RSU to programmers? Do you really make a difference to their top line? I had the impression that it’s more the project management and business development that can justify that compensation.

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mysalarythrow7y ago

Honestly, these companies just have so much money right now and their stock keeps on going up. They're competing for top talent, so bidding wars happen.

These were L6 offers at the time. Gets much more ridiculous the higher you go (over $1MM/year comp)

I'm not a super specialist or anything, just a solid developer (mostly front end, some back end)

hoaw7y ago

These companies are basically 'finance' at this point. Instead of markets and assets it's platforms and data.

jhall14687y ago

$2MM RSU over 4 years is $500k in stock compensation. That kind of comp is less about field and more about level. You're looking at an L7+ for that kind of comp at any of the big companies (maybe L8?). So Senior Staff/Principal Engineer type of deal.

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