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The phrasing of the question seemed to reflect the fairly common belief that the giant FAANG figures people throw around are the base salary.

This is a problem that repeats in all the salary+wage transparency bills. Most of the intended targets already have established level->salary bands, discriminatory comp is largely through bonuses and stock (RSUs, options, etc).



He clearly stated that there was “plenty of data on levels.fyi”. He knows that the total compensation includes RSUs/bonuses if he looked at the data.

Options in private companies are statistically meaningless, they are close to lottery tickets.


Yeah, I am aware that a significant part or majority of comp at FAANGs is in equity grants. I agree that options in private companies are realistically meaningless, especially if you’re trying to pay a mortgage, somy question here is specific to cash/bonus comp for senior roles.


RSUs are just as good as cash. I have mine set to “sell all” when they vest. The cash shows up in my brokerage account (after taxes). It’s just more “lumpy”.


Oh totally. I just mean to say that since most companies in this bucket probably aren’t public and offering RSUs, cash matters more here. Or that’s my guess, at least.




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