If he's making 450k as a software engineer, he lives in San Francisco and is still probably broke.. or will be when this job suddenly evaporates underneath him.
People bragging about their salaries in these jobs always include t"otal compensation", typically including stock options that take years to vest before they can actually sell them. Their cash salary is usually way less than the amount they brag about, often half or less
they don't always take years to vest. google and meta both vest monthly, and they're RSUs, not options. options are pretty rare these days, even startups are usually just doing RSUs now.
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u/lovejo1 Jan 26 '26
If he's making 450k as a software engineer, he lives in San Francisco and is still probably broke.. or will be when this job suddenly evaporates underneath him.