Same age as you, but in Boston, so relatively similar salary&#x2F;cost-of-living. One question is - are you actually making $250k base? I feel like for many of these large companies, that&#x27;s the total compensation package, and much of that &quot;total&quot; is around bonus and stock options. Is it more about sticking around than it is about getting in as a high-level engineer, or is it the pay grade? If I walk into Google and get hired as a senior engineer, most salary reports in the public domain show me making far less than $250k base, even in SF.