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Comparing comp at Meta, Google and Nvidia
Does anyone know how well Nvidia comps software engineers and managers, w.r.t. each other and also with respect to Google and Meta?

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And to the people crying about ādownlevelingā, itās because being a Staff engineer at WidgetsRUs isnāt the same as being a Staff engineer at scale. You donāt have that skillset unless you can demonstrate that you owned that skill. Itās not that hard of a concept, unless youāre in denial.
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Google will generally pay more for the same skillset over the same duration under the same market conditions than NVIDIA.
The catch is that itās much harder to get into Google. Iāve worked at both companies, itās not even close.
The difference in pay isnāt that stark until the staff levels, though.
Up to senior level roles itās basically a wash, *maybe* like 5% more for Google, but once you hit Staff level roles (which every company calls something different but treats the same), the difference grows. Iād say youāre looking at a 20% difference at Staff and even more at Principal roles. Youāre not walking away with $1M a year at NVIDIA as an IC outside of like 3 people, but Google has many such very senior people.
And people who base their future on stock prices going up, like NVIDIAās has, are cute. For every company that this happens to, thereās another where the stock stagnated and you get screwed. Just play the average. Itās better for your sanity.