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You’re probably looking at Glassdoor, which is 100% incorrect. A fresh grad with a bachelors working in Seattle as a dev will earn $110K base (and quite a bit higher) not counting equity. After a couple years, you should be at $200K. Even Amazon on the low end compared to Google and Facebook pays SDE 2s around $200. Senior devs will make between $250k-350k depending on years of experience, whether they’re getting screwed on compensation. I’m a senior dev myself.


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