You should clarify whether “mid six figures” is meant to mean “about $150,000“, “about $550,000”, “about $316,228”, or something else. (In case it’s not obvious: those figures are, respectively, the arithmetic mean of 100k and 200k, the arithmetic mean of 100k and 1M, and the geometric mean of 100k and 1M.)
My guess is that for ordinary senior software people, the first (and smallest) of those is the most appropriate, but that for successful Wall Street quants, one of the others might be nearer the mark. (But I am not an expert on software developers’ salaries and would be happy to be corrected.)
I also have the impression that if you want to earn six figures as an ordinary software developer (as opposed to in management, as an entrepreneur, etc.) then you really want to be in Silicon Valley or New York, rather than just “in a big city”. Again, I am not a salary expert.
(My own background: I do maths and software and a bit of physics in the UK. I have no management responsibilities. I’m about 40. I will not state my exact salary, but if you assume low six figures (in dollars) you will not be far off.)
The paragraph about googling when you find errors might be improved by adding a pointer to Stack Overflow.
Employers offering low salaries plus equities are unlikely to be a good idea, but I don’t think they’re usually scams.
You should clarify whether “mid six figures” is meant to mean “about $150,000“, “about $550,000”, “about $316,228”, or something else. (In case it’s not obvious: those figures are, respectively, the arithmetic mean of 100k and 200k, the arithmetic mean of 100k and 1M, and the geometric mean of 100k and 1M.)
My guess is that for ordinary senior software people, the first (and smallest) of those is the most appropriate, but that for successful Wall Street quants, one of the others might be nearer the mark. (But I am not an expert on software developers’ salaries and would be happy to be corrected.)
I also have the impression that if you want to earn six figures as an ordinary software developer (as opposed to in management, as an entrepreneur, etc.) then you really want to be in Silicon Valley or New York, rather than just “in a big city”. Again, I am not a salary expert.
(My own background: I do maths and software and a bit of physics in the UK. I have no management responsibilities. I’m about 40. I will not state my exact salary, but if you assume low six figures (in dollars) you will not be far off.)
The paragraph about googling when you find errors might be improved by adding a pointer to Stack Overflow.
Employers offering low salaries plus equities are unlikely to be a good idea, but I don’t think they’re usually scams.
As long as that salary isn’t zero dollars.
Yeah, that would generally be best avoided unless it’s your own startup.