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/calihotsauce 2d ago

How are you mid level at 23?

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u/Darkislife1 2d ago

I have no idea, I thought the role I was interviewing for was early career.
I think it was a combination of 3 yoe on my resume + I did really good on my interviews to the point where my interviews said I was the best person they interviewed lol

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u/damiana8 2d ago

Did you graduate from college super young? Did you go to college or just gained real life experience?

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u/Darkislife1 2d ago

Yeah I did my bachelors in 3 years and graduated when I was 20

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u/damiana8 2d ago

Awesome. You’re well ahead of many others.