Andy Matuschak on Twitter: "@infinitelad I think 2-4 are right, but as a person very much immersed in the Big Tech culture, I can share—factually, these comp packages are not rare in Big Tech! Median E5 comp at Meta is $400k; many people reach that level after just a few years of experience. https://t.co/xqMl7WItqO" / Twitter

This question's gauche, but: given the prevalence of $400k++ comp packages for ~30-year-olds in Big Tech, why aren't there lots more "gentle[wo]man scholars"? i.e. people quitting to do non-remunerative creative projects I can think of some, but shouldn't there be thousands?

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I think 2-4 are right, but as a person very much immersed in the Big Tech culture, I can share—factually, these comp packages are not rare in Big Tech! Median E5 comp at Meta is $400k; many people reach that level after just a few years of experience.

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