Anyone else feels like the 'golden age' of Software Engineering, with $100k sign-on bonus out of college, is coming to an end?

If you are in school it seems now better to just become a founder/creator than aiming for FAANG

building far.quest & @wieldlabs.eth. cofounder at miy.com ventures. FID #274. Previously Square/Cash App. https://hiimnico.xyz/

I graduated 1.5 years ago and I can tell you that FAANGs still pay 99% better than other jobs, also offering H1B sponsorship.

Sign on bonuses are a bit lower but still significant

🕯️They/them. Scaled cos from 0-$300k in arr, 7-35 employees, 0-100k users. Now I make beautiful, functional, and ethically made candles at humankind.place

You had way better upward mobility at FAANG, but not anymore. aside from Visa issues, the payoff is now significantly higher as a founder. 

Hence if you are smart & ambitious you should have less fomo about the 'big tech salary'

Some of my smartest peers from grad school are FAANG-ish lifers and (a) they've made much more money than most and (b) they've worked on some of the most challenging problems (networking, db, storage, ML) that only at such cos you have the chance to do. It's not a bad choice at all.

enzo's dad 🇬🇷 in LA 🌴 eng @ fanatics.live ⚾️ alexloukissas.com

Yeah. Actually if I were coming out of grad school as a “new grad”, still faang would be enticing, for the same reasons mentioned above ($ and unique chance to work on massive stuff).