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The Mystery/Myth of the $3 Million Google Engineer

Posted by Soulskill on from the chasing-the-unicorn dept.

jfruh writes "Recently Business Insider caused a minor stir among developers with dreams of riches with a story about a nameless Google engineer who's making $3 million a year. Who is this person, and how unusual are pay scales like this inside the Googleplex? Phil Johnson uses public information to try to figure out the answer. His conclusion: the $3 million engineer may exist, but is a rare bird indeed if so."

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  1. Hope by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet it's their UI designer. He's worth every penny!

    --
    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  2. Re:Bogus Math, click farming. by guyniraxn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. Such disappoint. Much lecture. So sad.

  3. Re:The whole things smells fishy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'd be surprised. I worked for a perpetual startup once, and they seemed to be able to pay above-average engineering salaries with no real sales (or products!) for years. It's a bit baffling, but I'm in Quebec, everything is baffling here.

    Are they hiring ? I need a new job.