&gt;  It&#x27;s really, really doable at a large company within 5 years if you hit senior level and live in a metropolitan area.<p>So Dallas doesn&#x27;t count as a metropolitan area?  I can almost guarantee nobody here is making that kind of money after only five years.  In fact, I&#x27;m willing to bet that this kind of compensation is extremely rare outside SV, NYC, and possibly Seattle.<p>In fact, based on what I remember of the salary bands at my former company, it was <i>impossible</i> to reach $250k&#x2F;year in five years, anywhere in the country.