[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Are there any tech companies throwing $$ at ...
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       Ask HN: Are there any tech companies throwing $$ at candidates
       these days?
        
       Companies throwing $$ at for recruiting has been part of the normal
       ebb-and-flow of the tech industry for the past few years. Even as
       one company slows down hiring, another, usually pre-IPO company, is
       there to take its place.  However, with interest rates going up and
       funding going down, things _seem_ to be tightening up.  So HN - Do
       any of y'all happen to know of any tech companies throwing $$ at
       candidates these days? I know the big tech companies are still
       pulling good numbers, for the ones that are still hiring, but I'm
       curious about the _exceptional_ offers that we used to hear about a
       few years back. Have those completely dried up?  (Not actually
       asking for myself so much as to get a pulse on things.)
        
       Author : artemisyna
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2022-05-08 19:09 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
       | zdware wrote:
       | Market is very hot still and in favor of the candidate, atleast
       | from my perspective. But I have 10+ years experience.
        
         | k__ wrote:
         | A few weeks ago I saw $600k/y for a MEV engineer. So, yes,
         | probably very hot.
        
       | anon_070522 wrote:
       | No, they have not dried up; about a year ago, I changed jobs,
       | effectively doubling my already six-figure salary. I'm currently
       | in the interview process again and from my experience so far,
       | while I don't think I'll be doubling my salary, I do expect the
       | position I end up taking will probably pay $30,000-$50,000 more
       | than I currently make without any sort of jump in title.
       | 
       | YMMV; I'm a senior cloud engineer with 8 years of experience (all
       | non-FAANG), though no academic CS background. Another caveat:
       | starting right before COVID, I made the decision to only ever
       | work remote, so all my experience with the job market in the past
       | few years is only with 100% remote positions.
        
         | xdfgh1112 wrote:
         | So what happens when you work remote for like 250k? Do you just
         | retire after five years? Trying to get my head around US
         | salaries.
        
         | Dracophoenix wrote:
         | Where did you find these remote positions?
        
           | toomuchtodo wrote:
           | LinkedIn searching for the "#remote" or "remotework" tag
           | 
           | https://remoteok.com
           | 
           | https://4dayweek.io
           | 
           | https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job
           | 
           | https://weworkremotely.com
           | 
           | https://awesomejobs.io
           | 
           | https://remotewide.co/
           | 
           | (not op, no affiliation with anyone on this list)
        
           | anon_070522 wrote:
           | I've had 3 fully remote positions in my career so far and I
           | found them in the following ways:
           | 
           | 1) filtering listings on AngelList ---> the job before last
           | 
           | 2) searching "remote" on the "Who is Hiring?" threads here of
           | HN ---> my last job
           | 
           | 3) looking at the job listing page of companies whose work
           | interests me who I've heard have remote-friendly or -only
           | cultures ---> my current job and most of the places I'm
           | currently applying
        
       | lumost wrote:
       | Job market is hot, but the great race for comp seems to have died
       | down. Big tech is still offering good money.
       | 
       | Things will probably swing if/when the next great tech co IPOs
       | successfully. Eyes on stripe, bricks etc.
        
       | tru3_power wrote:
       | Still very hot. What makes you feel things are "tightening" up?
        
         | version_five wrote:
         | There is more of this kind of thing around recently:
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31292298
         | 
         | Meta may be isolated but it's big enough to make the market
         | feel a bit shakier.
        
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