Ranks
A question. A table. The rate. Share the cut, not a screenshot of a spreadsheet.
- Which industry pays a software engineer the most?Typical total comp vs the field·AI labs leads
- Which companies pay a software engineer the most?Typical total comp vs the field·Cursor leads
- Which companies pay an AE the fattest OTE?Typical OTE vs the field·OpenAI leads
- Who actually pays cash?Base as a share of typical SWE·Path Robotics leads
- Which companies are on the way up?Heat — stock, raise, ARR. Not the pay band.·ScaleOps leads
- Where is the SWE band the widest?Top of band vs base·Cursor leads
- Which operator seat is worth standing up?Value axis — judgment, taste, speed, capital, craft·Jensen Huang leads
- Which shop pays a quant researcher the most?Typical QR total vs the field·Renaissance leads
- Who pays a software engineer the most in Chicago?Typical SWE in Chicago·Jump Trading leads
- Which biotech pays a software engineer the most?Typical SWE vs the biotech field·Isomorphic Labs leads