Advancing as an engineer is probably easier for the ambitious because there's not a fixed number of senior technical staff. If a technical contributor levels up their game, they can nearly immediately level up their…
It's a b2b tech company. I've had at least one direct report who made more than me for my entire tenure.
They don't have any formal way of knowing my salary, and I don't know what they think I make. I'd share the details of the managerial bands if they were considering a switch, but to date they've been very clear that…
I'm a VP at a mid-sized ($100mm revenue) startup. I report to the CTO, and am his probable successor. I make slightly less than our highest paid engineer. I would recommend finding a company with a true parallel track,…
Advancing as an engineer is probably easier for the ambitious because there's not a fixed number of senior technical staff. If a technical contributor levels up their game, they can nearly immediately level up their…
It's a b2b tech company. I've had at least one direct report who made more than me for my entire tenure.
They don't have any formal way of knowing my salary, and I don't know what they think I make. I'd share the details of the managerial bands if they were considering a switch, but to date they've been very clear that…
I'm a VP at a mid-sized ($100mm revenue) startup. I report to the CTO, and am his probable successor. I make slightly less than our highest paid engineer. I would recommend finding a company with a true parallel track,…