The Trimodal Nature of Software Engineer Compensation: Why Positions Pay a (Very) Different Salary
There can be a 2-5x difference in compensation / salary for the same software engineering position, in the same location in Europe and Canada. But why?
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Mentions in the video:
Equity for software engineers: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/eq...
The trimodal nature of software engineering salaries: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/so...
My book on tech resumes: https://thetechresume.com/
Getting into the #3 type of companies (preparing for the coding & systems design interviews): https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/pr...
Email advice for senior and above interviews at Big Tech (please don't forward): https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/te...
00:00 - Intro
01:16 - The 3 salary distributions
04:27 - The #3 type of companies
07:41 - How can you get into these companies?
08:23 - Important things outside salary
10:20 - Differences between the 3 company types
12:00 - Advice in getting into Big Tech at the senior and above levels
Books I've written (and am writing):
Software engineering resumes: https://thetechresume.com/
Building Mobile Apps at Scale: http://mobileatscale.com/
The Software Engineer's Guidebook: https://www.engguidebook.com/
All books: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/bo...
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