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Revealed! Salaries of MS, Google, Apple etc

Glassdoor.com, the website that reveals the salaries of some of the biggest tech companies in the world, including Apple and Microsoft, has gone live. gadget zone has some of the initial figures earned by software engineers at four of the biggest tech companies. You'll will certainly be surprised at who pays the lowest of the four companies compared in this news piece.

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Says you5834d ago

Or any other Asian corporations I know this is only got to do with PC related corporations.

Meus Renaissance5834d ago

Brits make more. Then again cost of living cost more here. But that's why I'm saving up and moving to the States!

KingKirchner5834d ago

I wouldn't move to the States till we at least start to get our Economy back in order. The USD has been dropping in value since Bush was elected.

IdleLeeSiuLung5834d ago

When your exchange rate is at the lowest for you.... Although getting a stable job is a different story.

Panthers5834d ago

Ya. We complain about gas being $4 a gallon when it is a lot more over there. Still, I thought I would never see $4 until I was at least 40.

thekingofMA5834d ago

it's still the best in the world, no?

and $4 is just the beginning...

GIJeff5834d ago

the station down the street from me went up .20 today. Now its 4.69 for the cheapo. This is going to be really funny when nobody in the US is buying gas, whats the poit of buying gas to go to work to buy gas?

Tomdc5833d ago (Edited 5833d ago )

UK should really switch to the euro now, both the dollar and pound are growing weaker against it. Before we had a reason not to switch due to our very strong pound =) but now we should.

Those software enginers won't make nearly as much as the people in managerial roles will anyway...

LJWooly5833d ago

I'm not too sure I'd like to switch to the Euro, and just about everyone I know is against it, too.

Bubble Buddy5833d ago

dun worry, meus, have another one :). Google's workplace is pretty sick. They got loads of stuff there.

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Bladestar5834d ago

mmm no wonder Apple has so much money to spend on Vista/PC bashing... they are ripping off their employees...

TheExodus5834d ago

Is Apple ripping off their employees or are Goodle/Microsoft employees ripping off their employer? Think about who has the best software... think about it. Hmm, interesting no?

thewhoopimen5834d ago (Edited 5834d ago )

Unlike MS campus where the opulence and grandiose accoutrements is all show, Apple's campus is very laid back. There is a super casual dress code where you can literally walk in and work with your bathrobe on. Everyone gets free apple schwag and gear. Food is fresh made by professional chef/catering and very good. Apple's employees work hard and party hard. People actually enjoy working for the company so...

y0haN5834d ago

lol @ apple fanboys jumping in to defend poorer wages.

DARK WITNESS5833d ago

i am not an apple fan, i do not own a single apple product...

but i do agree, if they pay less but have a better working environment people will stay and work better.

when you really and truly enjoy what you do, thats when it stops being work. The reward you get from it is something else outside of money.

thats not to say you pay them nothing however...

MicroDeath SoftStar5833d ago

personal i work for the 3rd largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world and i get paid very well but i would trade 40% of my income in a heartbeat if i knew that in doing so i would be treated like a human being let alone as good as these softies from apple , hell i would do that job for free .
Working for STMicroelectronics is like being an officer in the german army and having the Gestapo breathing down your neck 24/7 ,these people take every last drop out of you and translate it to profit with no consideration of how much stress they put on you . Kinda makes me wish that the world was like cuba with there extreme communistic ideas/simple life and not this free market capitalist monster of a world we all helped to create

Bladestar5833d ago

mmmm... so are you saying that people that work for Google, Yahoo and microsoft are not treated like humans and now being torture feeded to the dogs? lol! apparently you guys already have it all figure out.. if you get paid less you must be happy, but if you get pay more you must be miserable... mmm... forget this I am dropping my carrier as a software developer... and getting a position at burger king flipping burgers since they pay a lot less! and less means they treat me well...

did it every cross your mind that maybe just maybe working for microsoft and google probably means ... mmm.. they get pay more because both of those companies generate more revenue than apple?

LJWooly5833d ago

I think you just misunderstood everyone, Bladestar...

thewhoopimen5833d ago

Seriously bladestar how old are you. Is everything so black and white for you? Higher Wages no more equates slave labor vs. lower wages being great work environment. There is no exact correlation. I know that Microsoft is known to drill their employees pretty hard. On the otherhand Google treats its employees very well but requires a high level of work output. According a friend of mine who works at Google, unless ur a high level exec, every employee is signed up to a year-by-year work contract... That means within a year, they can elect to renew your contract or terminate it. The Google campus here in Irvine is very nice and has weekly seafood nights where they invite employees to have Lobster and King Crab.

@disagree if you disagree with my statement, plz tell me why, because calling me an apple fanboi is just retarded. What I spout is what i've read b4 or what friends tell me working there.

AceLuby5833d ago

I had 2 friends that worked for them in Seattle. One was in software development and they got all kinds of perks (free/discounted M$ stuff, great benefits, etc...) and it was a pretty laid back job. Another was a executive secretary and made bank w/ the same perks as a developer.

While I usually don't agree w/ Bladestar and I don't like M$ from a consumer standpoint, it is a good company to work for.

JIN KAZAMA5833d ago

you are a complete tool. You seem to be so full of rage and anger and misunderstanding of what people are saying or what their point is, and you just rant on and on about some non-sense! You have totally missed the point by some of the comments. Its bad enough when you dont get points about gaming comments, but now even in other news, you just have a one track mind and tunnel vision to your comments and dont really understand what people are trying to get across. Do yourself a favor and not post anymore comments, you just make yourself look like a bigger tool.

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DARKKNIGHT5834d ago

A happy worker is a productive worker though, so one can only assume there is some seriously cheerful music booming out of an iPod somewhere at Apple HQ. -

LOL. not after reading this article

nirun5834d ago

they probably get mad perks though

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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's Scope Was Impacted by Xbox Series S Limitations

Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."

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-Foxtrot8h ago

This is the issue with things like this

Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console

However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.

So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.

The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell

I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.

anast4h ago

I agree, and the sad part is use normal folk saw it the second they announced their plans.

Abear2157m ago(Edited 54m ago)

Agree 100% this is why I didn’t want the M$ Monopoly, now PS5 version will be held back too.

If PS5 Pro comes out and Series S is still a thing it’ll be interesting what differences and what devs choose to do. Really hoping Rockstar pushes the PS5 pro with GTA6 and we get the best version possible.

LucasRuinedChildhood9h ago

More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...

Quote:
"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."

Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.

Sgt_Slaughter4h ago

I'd much rather have 1440p/60fps or even 45fps. Having just one, even with the Series S in mind, is disappointing.

franwex3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Remember when xbots were adamant that the series s won’t hold back the gen?

Microsoft just needs to let go of the mandatory parity. Who cares if your grandma doesn’t understand that a game cannot be played on the S. It’s not like it she can buy you a physical game for it anyway. Before buying the game put up a notice that it only works on series X. If you’re buying for a friend-allow for a refund.

Bam. Everyone is happy. Most series s owners are for casuals that want Game Pass anyway and most likely don’t purchase most games.

If the developers want it to run on S, let them figure it out.

Jin_Sakai3h ago

“During the event, the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 producer also revealed that on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, the game will run at 4K resolution and 30 frames per second“

Another “creative decision” right? 🤦‍♂️

IHateNate2h ago

Amateur hour. Very incapable developer.

Outside_ofthe_Box2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Since you're not an amateur and clearly know more than them, can you over there and help get the game running on the S without having to sacrifice their true vision. Us gamers would really appreciate you using your wisdom for good 🙏

IHateNate2h ago

Thousands of games run just fine on S.

But Kingdom Come is the game that can’t. Must be one hell of a game!

franwex50m ago(Edited 50m ago)

Thousands of games run on PS4 and on Switch. If developers want them to run on those systems. Fine. Those two platforms still get new games. Sony isn’t making studios also make a ps4 pro version, or Nintendo a wiiu version. Microsoft technically is.

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Celebrate the Diablo Anniversary with March of the Goblins

Come celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Diablo IV and the 2-year anniversary of Diablo Immortal! There are heaps of rewards to mark these celebrations with a bounty of devilish goods across both games.

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anast10h ago

This game is about to get buried by Path 2.

LordoftheCritics9h ago

Still no global chat or group finder.

The emptiest MP game ever made.

OtterX9h ago

1 more month then I can celebrate 1 year since i stopped playing and uninstalled the game.

Walalon7h ago

We are on the same team brother!

Rynxie4h ago

I uninstalled d4 after they kept screwing over the sorc build and I beat the game. I also uninstalled immortal after reading the end. I actually went back to d2r here and there.

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Tales of the Shire Stands at a Fork in the Road Regarding Magic

Tales of the Shire has many hurdles to jump to live up to the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, and magical elements might be its most pertinent one.

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