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Agreed with everything in this post.

Engineering compensation at big tech is too rigid to award high performers adequately. Some folks double the impact of others in the same role / level, and make 20% more, at most.

Leaving and joining a competitor moves you to market rate. You fall behind each year at the job / role in this market.



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