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Well, it depends.

Are we talking front office, "high finance" stuff and product critical (PM, SWE etc), "top" technology roles? Or Corp Fin at Bob's Burgers & Co HQ, Nebraska and IT help desk at random company in Podunk, ND?

And define mid-career.

Was obsessed with finance, now do product in tech
 
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In finance, 10 years in could be:

  • Director/ED in FO at a decent bank ~$500-800k all-in (outliers at over $1m and less than $500k)
  • VP/Principal in PE ~$500k to $1.5m depending on fund size and carry distributions
  • Sr Analyst at a hedge fund ~$500-1m
  • PM at a hedge fund (sky's the limit)

In tech:

  • Senior Staff/Principal level engineer or Director of PM/Group PM, ~$500-800k senior staff, $800k-1m principal/director
  • Co-founder or early employee of a startup ($0 to sky's the limit)

Good to bear in mind this is like ideal, stars align career progression. You're more likely to stall at the senior eng/senior PM level at $300-400k comp than you are to be one of the few % of people at the top of the individual contributor ladder. You're also likely to have burnt out, counseled out or fired from finance well before reaching 10+ years in, average case you get a corp gig at like $200-300k.

Group PM data point: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salary/Google-Group-Product-Manager-US-Sala…

Director PM data point: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salary/Facebook-Director-Product-Management…

Eng data points (L5 = senior, L6 = staff, L7 = senior staff) https://www.teamblind.com/article/Google-Engineer---Total-Compensation-…

Was obsessed with finance, now do product in tech
 

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