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		nvarsj 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advice for new principal tech ICs (i.e., notes to ... > I find it amusing how people take this 'leveling game' at big companies so seriously. It has a huge payoff (think 7 figure TC/year for principal+ at big tech), with little personal risk required. It's no wonder people take it so seriously.

cmiles8 17 days ago [–]

At higher levels or extremely specialized roles perhaps. But your typical big tech “principal” IC isn’t consistently making 7 figures.

SR2Z 17 days ago | | [–]

A principal engineer makes this much money at virtually every SV company because principal is a very high level.

bluedevil2k 17 days ago | | [–]

Yes they are

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