69LPA @ 3YOE

Alright, degenerates, FAAGM hype is real.

A friend of mine, who has been in the industry for 3 years, is working at one of the big FAAGM companies. His current package is around 30LPA—19LPA base with stocks worth about 10-11LPA.

Pretty decent for someone with his experience, right? But then, another FAAGM player came in with a jaw-dropping offer: 40LPA base salary, 20LPA (about 100k USD vested over 4 years) in stocks every year, 5LPA as a signing bonus, and 4LPA as a retention bonus. Total compensation? 69LPA. That’s more than double what he’s making now, in just 3 years of work.

I guess only Quant guys must be making more than but with an awful lot of pressure.

This came his way after facing a good number of rejections.

Meanwhile, most of us are still out here grinding for peanuts. Let that sink in. And keep hustling, because you never know when the next big offer might come your way!”