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iso1210 · 2021-09-19 05:38:57

Only the most pedantic arsehole would assume that money given to someone doesn't count as 'salary'

Mauricebranagh | karma 551 | avg karma 0.94 · | 2021-06-03 05:54:58

You are assuming that salaries don't take that into account.

geofft | karma 29438 | avg karma 3.46 · | 2021-09-18 09:01:56

Does the argument meaningfully change if you replace the word "salary" with "compensation"? If not, please stop pretending that you made an interesting point.

grandalf | karma 11860 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2010-06-19 01:59:28+00:00

he said "salary" not salary + distribution.

FireBeyond | karma 18718 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2023-09-18 20:20:18

Acting like receiving some of your compensation in immediately exercisable stock grants being not technically a salary is a distinction that matters to none but the IRS.

Yet somehow, bundling in endorsements and book deals and other extracurriculars when referring to NBA player salaries? Totally reasonable, apparently.

"Steve Jobs only took a $1 salary from Apple!"

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coffeebeqn | karma 3040 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2023-03-28 10:51:49

> UK salaries are 75k$ for SDE1, 165k$ for SDE2

They’re definitely not. Where are you getting this? Divide by three

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rachelbythebay | karma 3881 | avg karma 4.25 · | 2020-01-13 00:22:25+00:00

Total compensation is not “salary”.

parenthephobia | karma 618 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2016-04-29 11:49:24+00:00

The article is about how some people choose to justify their above average salary.

I don't see how it "misses the point" by not taking into account that you don't believe you need to justify your salary.

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HWR_14 | karma 9562 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2022-08-02 20:27:57

I mean, if you think "salaries" doesn't include 800MM in bonuses (the number that's been thrown around), then you're speaking differently than others in the thread.

dokem | karma 314 | avg karma 0.69 · | 2018-02-19 05:47:38

I think he may be making the point that the only real metric is salary.

IshKebab | karma 13023 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2021-02-14 19:40:54+00:00

It's kind of amazing how many people on this site don't understand the very simple economics of how salary is determined.

MichaelSalib | karma 2425 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2012-01-28 22:57:28+00:00

Salary is not the same thing as total compensation.

mikestew | karma 22278 | avg karma 3.62 · | 2017-03-10 19:38:50

(But pedantics aside, I think we all get your point.)

Except the point doesn't answer the question of salary, which is right there in the title. Does Gates even get a salary anymore?

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3np | karma 7507 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2022-04-02 03:19:25

Nitpick: Nobody has those salaries. Compensation on those levels are paid out in more tax-efficient ways.

barbazoo | karma 7012 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2022-02-03 18:54:37

Salaries mean nothing if you don't take into consideration cost of living.

dragonwriter | karma 118260 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2023-12-26 21:42:07

You are confusing wage with income.

lanza | karma 475 | avg karma 5.28 · | 2022-09-30 12:05:05

I don't see how ignoring the majority of a persons income is more reasonable than estimating based on reasonable extrapolations.

Not to mention that the article literally says "work for Netflix, get rich" based entirely on the fact that they are ignoring non-salary compesation. It's an outright idiotic conclusion to be drawn.

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dubcanada | karma 4308 | avg karma 3.03 · | 2014-06-17 19:01:34+00:00

A reasonable salary is not $28 million a year.

411111111111111 | karma 2374 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2020-12-15 05:22:54

Salary doesn't reflect skill level or worth to the company. It's at best correlated and shouldn't be part of this discussion.

JohnFen | karma 30257 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2019-09-25 21:51:01+00:00

> The salaries are also not adjusted for cost of living

Doesn't that make the list pretty much meaningless?

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