Tech's Highest-Paid Engineers Are At Juniper

Phoghat writes "The guys at Glassdoor have compiled a list of the 25 tech companies with the best salaries for software engineers. Google and Facebook made the list, of course. So did Apple and Twitter. But the company at the very top is a bit of a surprise: networking gear maker Juniper Networks."

misses size & location, distribution of compan

[zrelativity]

Many of those companies are based in the Silicon Valley (particularly Santa Clara, North San Jose, Sunnyvale and Mountain View) where your cost of living is very high.

If you were in Washington State or Texas (Dallas), your cost of living maybe only half of what it is Silicon Valley. When I was living in Dallas, I was paying less than half of what I now pay for an apartment in San Jose. There is state tax too. Juniper is relatively small.

What was surprising to me was to see Walmart, but I don't know their Software Engineering group size or location.

Not surprising. . . .

[sgt_doom]

has anyone ever read Goralski's book on networking (he's a top engineer there)?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Illustrated-Network-Kaufmann-Networking/dp/0123745411 [amazon.com]

Re: misses size & location, distribution of co

[Badblackdog]

Wal-Mart does not skimp on IT/security infrastructure and equipment upgrades. I have been doing data, phone, CCTV and alarm service work in Wal-Mart/Sam's for years. They are not afraid to spend money on tech.