How Much Money I Make As a Principal Engineer At Amazon (EXACT Amount)

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  • Опубліковано 22 лис 2022
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    This is exactly how much money I made in 2021 as a Principal Engineer in Seattle.
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  • @michaelsaenz380
    @michaelsaenz380 Рік тому +129

    Absolutely wicked loop. I see what you did there

  • @kumarsubhambili3
    @kumarsubhambili3 4 місяці тому +28

    Clearly Uncle Sam is the winner here

  • @hondajacka2
    @hondajacka2 Рік тому +47

    Thanks for sharing this info! Even though you're not making much from UA-cam, the small audience that you have benefits a lot from watching this.

  • @solomonchau7725
    @solomonchau7725 4 місяці тому +7

    He only made $289.48 on UA-cam o_o; Wow, mind blowing stats. I still have along way to go until I make $1 on UA-cam. Thank you for sharing a realistic perspective and not some flashy object syndrome.

  • @jonathantran7102
    @jonathantran7102 4 місяці тому +3

    This one of the few times the thumbnail undersopd the content wow, 160k wasnt even CLOSE

  • @JohnVandivier
    @JohnVandivier Місяць тому

    Love the transparency man tysm

  • @tkdevlop
    @tkdevlop Рік тому +7

    thanks for sharing this keep up with the honesty

  • @b3arwithm3
    @b3arwithm3 2 місяці тому +1

    Every principal engineer I know from faang claim they make over 1.2mil in salary+rsu.
    Your numbers seem much more reasonable

  • @Omikoshi78
    @Omikoshi78 9 місяців тому +5

    Operative word there was “we” :) I make about the same as you (550k) for 9-5. Do you defer any income? Why or why not?

  • @JamesSmith-cm7sg
    @JamesSmith-cm7sg 8 місяців тому

    is that RSU vested or granted? Either way, amazing job 👏

  • @HazenPlays
    @HazenPlays 2 місяці тому

    Did you cash out those investment gains and paid capital gains tax?

  • @dallasfromthefuture
    @dallasfromthefuture 10 місяців тому

    Can you help a laid off homie with wisdom on how to start a dev agency? My students are all principals now, I need to lvl up 😆 (not in code, I speak it all) but we all know startups is where it's at

  • @CarsMeetsBikes
    @CarsMeetsBikes 4 місяці тому +1

    🥜🥜 for base

  • @genjimccorkle5518
    @genjimccorkle5518 8 днів тому

    Only a couple hundred from UA-cam? With almost 150k subs?

  • @bwandesky
    @bwandesky Рік тому +19

    I wonder how long this video will be publicly available.

    • @foxh8er
      @foxh8er Рік тому +32

      Why wouldn't it be? His AWS total compensation is on the low end of Principal.

    • @winaganis
      @winaganis Рік тому +4

      cmiiw but yt doesn't allow creators to show their yt income

    • @brimmed
      @brimmed Рік тому +15

      @@winaganis isn't that like an old urban myth? i've seen lots of ppl share their yt income now days. but 5 years ago or something i remember creators saying they weren't allowed to. i just feel like they said that to dodge the question

    • @ando5563
      @ando5563 Рік тому

      A few months atleast😊

    • @ando5563
      @ando5563 Рік тому

      ​@@brimmed i think its the ones who have special contracts that have a fixed income

  • @NorbertKa-tx5ei
    @NorbertKa-tx5ei 5 днів тому

    What?! He didn't Pay any income tax but he paid 322 thousand?! I don't get it.

  • @triduytran
    @triduytran Місяць тому

    Now if you're a business owner, you wouldn't have to pay uncle Sam so much of your earnings!!

  • @midaastouchh
    @midaastouchh 8 місяців тому

    I am. An mba from indias premier. Insitute o wish to apply in Amazon can u be a reference

  • @miztamacondatrack
    @miztamacondatrack 7 місяців тому +1

    Your taxes is more than 7 of my generations total earned income 😂

  • @hpj1992
    @hpj1992 3 місяці тому

    Do similar video for 2023

  • @midaastouchh
    @midaastouchh 8 місяців тому

    No income tax.. Good

  • @santarosahero
    @santarosahero 8 місяців тому +2

    You still have to pay federal income taxes just not state income taxes.

    • @programmingloop7
      @programmingloop7 18 днів тому

      Did you miss the part where he showed how much he paid in federal taxes?

  • @def__init
    @def__init Рік тому +5

    Your base as a principal eng is 160k?? Levels FYI begs to differ 🤔 I don’t get it

    • @solchau1
      @solchau1 Рік тому +1

      That's about making $80 an hour if you work full time 40 hours per week (not including taxes). The point is you need to be of a higher quality man that provides value and put in the hours unlike so many degenerates that just "wants money".

    • @ALifeEngineered
      @ALifeEngineered  Рік тому +15

      They redid the base salaries in 2022. In 2021 the cap on base salaries was 160k.

    • @dalton_c
      @dalton_c 10 місяців тому +5

      Did you miss the part about $375k in RSUs, aka $535k total comp?

  • @Larry21924
    @Larry21924 5 місяців тому

    I'm deeply moved by this material. A book I read with similar themes profoundly changed my outlook. "AWS Unleashed: Mastering Amazon Web Services for Software Engineers" by Various Authors

  • @PinMyHowto
    @PinMyHowto 7 місяців тому

    👍👍

  • @t.cchuah5463
    @t.cchuah5463 Рік тому +4

    Man, makes me want to jump into tech...

    • @kattihatt
      @kattihatt Рік тому +47

      This is the elite of tech making this kind of money. You have a very small chance of getting there.

    • @CareerProgramming
      @CareerProgramming Рік тому +8

      ​@@kattihatt not true. Chance has nothing to do with it, just time, dedication and location.

    • @kattihatt
      @kattihatt Рік тому +15

      @@CareerProgramming its a small chance that anyone can put in the time and dedication. Also, you have to be born in the right place and have over average intelligence to reach this.

    • @Neonb88
      @Neonb88 Рік тому

      You can definitely make progress!! Gotta start somewhere. But yes, unfortunately a lot of what Jakob says is correct, Steve has at least one engineer parent; I think it was 2

    • @Neonb88
      @Neonb88 Рік тому

      Still worth starting!! Alex Martelli, very useful and celebrated python contributor on Stackoverflow, started in grad school

  • @mostafamahtab7349
    @mostafamahtab7349 Рік тому +3

    You paid uncle sam $322,474 in Taxes but then you said you don't have to pay income taxes. I don't get it, need a little clarification here.

    • @yapperyup
      @yapperyup Рік тому +12

      He had to pay federal income tax. Washington state doesn’t have state income tax.

    • @mostafamahtab7349
      @mostafamahtab7349 Рік тому +1

      @@yapperyup Oh, oh. I got it, thanks.

  • @PotatoNachoIT
    @PotatoNachoIT 9 місяців тому

    bruh coz u got married u lost 300, 000 dollars?? i aint marrying

  • @ecomauicarrentals
    @ecomauicarrentals Рік тому +4

    Your paying too much taxes. Would you be interested in paying less? Im a GP and I also make over a $1m a year.

    • @hugogonzalez1749
      @hugogonzalez1749 Рік тому +4

      I'll bite, how? I'm moving out of California to reduce monthly state income tax but that's about the only trick i have

    • @programmingloop7
      @programmingloop7 18 днів тому

      Wtf is a gp?

  • @fallencheeto4762
    @fallencheeto4762 Рік тому

    First

  • @pilotgfx
    @pilotgfx Рік тому +4

    way too dumb money in US tech :D Imagine getting paid that much. it is well above 5-20x as the absolutely highest paid jobs in any other country. Landing will not be soft. Good luck lads!

    • @Neonb88
      @Neonb88 Рік тому +35

      Pointlessly negative and jealous, relax man

    • @wizerd432
      @wizerd432 Рік тому +6

      I think it’s the opposite. All the other jobs are probably massively underpaid.

    • @der0ng
      @der0ng Рік тому +2

      I wonder what is consider hard landing? Dude is making $1m per year. How much money or how many more year he needs to work to retire?

    • @solchau1
      @solchau1 Рік тому +3

      @@der0ng He could probably retire now if he wanted to, but what the hell would he be doing with all of his time? If an individual was an overachiever and possessed mad skills would you think he'd spend all of his time laying on a couch and eating potato chips watching porno all day? Some people just like being productive.

    • @evanshlom1
      @evanshlom1 Рік тому +1

      It’s not that much when you consider the purchasing power we have. If we worked remotely from a different kind of country then it’d be a different story.

  • @kittybitmeagain
    @kittybitmeagain Рік тому +4

    I hope your wife is appreciative of your disproportunate inputs. Otherwise beta males get left and looted. It only takes one girls trip or for them to feel unhappy.

  • @supermanbatmommy
    @supermanbatmommy 4 місяці тому

    Good for you but no one really cares lol

    • @neola7184
      @neola7184 3 місяці тому +2

      Lol I do ❤

    • @programmingloop7
      @programmingloop7 18 днів тому

      I do as well. Many people do since wage transparency is good for everyone