My Software Engineer Salary Progression

I firmly believe salary transparency is important. Here's my compensation progression as a software developer, starting as a university teaching assistant to completing internships and getting promotions as a full time software engineer at Facebook / Meta.

Full in-depth breakdown of the Facebook income here:

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[austinbeyak]

75k signing bonus is quite the amazing feature. Thanks for sharing the journey this far.

[elfelon]

nice! you started your career in the perfect moment and made the best out of it. congrats

[WisomofHal]

75, 000 signing bonus. That’s incredible.

[dmkpvou]

if I had 200K in my bank account here in Syria, I could retire at the age of 20, buy a house, and live like a king for the rest of my life. :)

[Frontline_view_kaiser]

Meanwhile in Germany a certified It-specialist with two years of experience makes about 2000$ a month

[integrityborn]

Bro, you ran that sh!t up, I love to see testimonies like this 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[omarsharifi]

How do you go from 16 an hour to nearly $9, 000 a month as an INTERN!?!?!

[sebaarnio]

In Europe for context the total compensation is around 25% of this (compared to your FB compensation), the largest reason is that we typically don't have signing, relocation, or stock compensation at all. The base pay is 40-50% of your FB one. We pay less for housing and health insurance, however.

[NYCSubwayWorker]

$8000 a month as an intern? That’s literally more than a lot of FT senior positions in developed countries. Even as a dev with 8 years’ experience you would struggle to earn that in Europe or Japan

[nokia]

That signing bonus would be amazing, im comfortable with country i live in, but i just wish signing bonuses would be a thing here

[jakesnacks]

Getting hired by FB is literally one on a million

[zahraabbasian]

How come software engineer salaries in Australia are so pathetic?! Total compensation is maximum 180k AUD per year (for a tech lead). And house prices and life expenses are the same as in California US 😢😢

[frstchan]

lol, you made more than twice as much as an Intern as I do as a senior software developer with 10 years experience

[Superschemer]

Jesus, I live in the south. $8000 a month is insane! I’m trying to get in IT now but I need a internship 😅

[indianikolwimbush]

I am proud of you hun. Good for you. I hope your dreams keep
Coming true

[rahuldwivedi]

And how much are you making now selling courses?

[caleb_riordan]

I can live comfortably for 20 years with what you got from FB in south africa

[bpknows]

congrats for all the accomplishments bro🔥

[pdbvlgf]

A good friend of mine went through all that schooling to get his computer science degree, only to become a pharmacist several years later. Probably very stressful work atmosphere despite the pay. But yeah my friend doing very well as a pharmacist at Walgreens possibly semi-retired by now.

[PeacefulAura]

Nice! Also just wanted to add that you sound like Michael Cera