Dan Luu

People say you should work at startups because that's where the interesting work (and money) is. That's backwards! http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ …

Me: Conservative $ estimate @ big companies. BigCo employees: Yep, very conservative. Internet: Impossible! No one makes that much. #talkpay

Two recent negotiation stories from peeps: 1. Senior at BigCo, not SF: asked for $450k total comp, company said yes, asked if they'd prefer relatively more bonus or RSUs. 2. Senior at SF unicorn: asked for $205k salary, company came back with $220k salary (plus equity). #talkpay

This is for what kind of job again?

Software engineer.

Won’t get anywhere near that in Raleigh area, or even Seattle. That has to be market specific.

My team in Seattle hired someone with 0 years of experience in that comp range. He left for FB after less than 2 years and got a pretty large raise. And unless Google Raleigh pays less than Google Madison (where I've worked), Google will pay that much in Raleigh.