Tech compensation in 2021
If you&#x27;re offering fabulous compensation packages that exceed the President of the United States for common software engineers with a little experience... wouldn&#x27;t you want to use that to your advantage in your job postings?<p>Every time I read an article like this I go looking for official numbers to validate what is being said. I&#x27;m not saying companies compensate poorly in SV. I just find it difficult to differentiate fact from fiction (or gossip) when I go looking into it. Its really not that hard to post your price&#x2F;ranges directly as a company. I&#x27;ve always posted compensation and benefits when I&#x27;ve posted listings. My wife has always posted compensation and benefits when she&#x27;s posted them. I&#x27;m not sure which of us has interviewed or hired more. I&#x27;ve probably interviewed more as a software engineer and she&#x27;s probably hired more as a clinical director. (nurses, so many nurses... and then doctors!)<p>I&#x27;d apply for a lot of positions if people would list compensation ranges in their postings. I just need to know we&#x27;re somewhere on the same page before focusing my energy on it. Nothing is worse than going through interviews only find out we&#x27;ve wasted each other&#x27;s time. I&#x27;ve been there, done that, far too many times. It usually results in an offer at the top end of what they&#x27;re approved for and that is either not enough to leave, or its less than I&#x27;m making at a position I&#x27;m happy with.