[quote=deadzone]Once again, I’m asking if anybody here currently makes 175K base salary for a corporate engineering position in a purely technical role (i.e. no management or supervisory responsibility).
I’m not suggesting this is impossible, but I do believe that is an uncommonly high salary for San Diego at least. I would be interested in a tangible example of this if there is anybody on this board. I do not need to see your pay stub, I will believe you.[/quote]
You do realize that part of your comp negotiation is the total package, including stock and projected bonus. Its how it works both here and in the bay area. And I simply used the lower end of that comp package as something obtainable 8years ago. You can speculate what sort of deviation from that has happened 8years from now with increased experience.
Of course if you happen to pick a startup or company that just had a bad year, that depends. Which brings me back to the original thing I said. You should never consider your total comp stable, and expect your comp will always be at peak as it can go up and down based on many factors.
And salarywise, $175k base salary is roughly where a principal or senior principal is with about 2-3 years into that position , also doesn’t necessarily require managing people and also requires being hands on. Again, many examples at Qualcomm.
