Just curious, does college tier affect the pay you get for the same role (say SDE1) in big tech like Amazon, Microsoft, etc. ?
Being from a tier1/popular college gets you more negotiation power for sure. It's also slightly harder to get your resume to stand out unless you've previously worked at good orgs that shortlisters may know of.
Tier 1 tag itself immediately puts you in the middle of the salary band for the role. T2/3/+ will start you somewhat below that. This is average case of course, if you’re exceptional, you can negotiate. Also this applies for on campus/new grads only.
For senior roles, there’s increasing more focus on the skill set instead.
Been working with a pre series A level startup for about 3 years being my first job. Paid about 20-25lpa for a full stack role. Engineering + product team is still single digit strength as we are not pureplay tech company.
Had a great ...
Hi everyone,
What is the payscale at Microsoft and Google compared to SDE2 role at Amazon?
If anyone has idea on compensation chart across levels for above roles, please do share. More interested in Amazon's comp on this.
Was interviewing at a startup for founder's office role - quoted Tier 1 CTC for the role, the CEO started asking me my college's avg placement(Tier 3) and profiles that are offered, and completely ignored the fact that i had interned for...
