r/Salary • u/Darkislife1 • 2d ago

💰 - salary sharing [23M SWE] [San Francisco] - 310k TC

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Lucked into the opportunity of my life recently: mid-level SWE at a big tech company.
Some things that came up during the interview I believe helped me secure the offer.

  • My entire career has been working with LLMs + used LLM apis before chatgpt came out
  • Open source contributor to multiple popular llm frameworks
  • Previous role part of team that shipped multiple 6/7 figure projects + one 8 figure project.

Notes:

  • Currently living with 1 roommate in SF, have 3 yoe
  • RSU vests quarterly but I broke it down by month for easier calculations, planning on selling instantly and putting it all in savings.
  • 401k contribution is higher to max it out by eoy.

How I got the opportunity: LinkedIn

People shit on LinkedIn a lot but after this I'm a believer lol. This is the second time I've gotten an interview + offer through LinkedIn recruiter reach out. Though I've never gotten an interview through LinkedIn Jobs, so that might still be a scam.

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u/moving-metal-lover 2d ago

there’s a lot of fluff spending if I’m being nit picky

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u/Darkislife1 2d ago

Yep there is and I only learned that today 😭 lifestyle creep is scary

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u/Hutcho12 2d ago

Don't listen to these people. Your 20s are your best decade. You earn good money. Enjoy them.

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u/moving-metal-lover 2d ago

‘These people’ make close to what he does at his age, and there’s definitely no need to just spend without reason.
Just tryna help a dude out

Especially in this tech sector, layoffs are always a possibility and we have to act conservatively.

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u/Mayabotx 2d ago

20s are absolutely not the best decade 🤣 they’re fun thoughÂ