salary ballpark please guys

Hi to all,

Just wondering if you could give me an idea of a current salary ballpark for 
the following details/person:

Person:
PhD in DSP on FPGA (3.5 years of RTL VHDL mainly for Xilinx and C++ 
development)
1st class honours degree in Software Development/Electronic & Electrical 
Engineering
1 years industry experience (+ some during PhD)
sales training/experience
extensive presentation writing/giving experience

Job description:
DSP on FPGA design in RTL VHDL on Xilinx/Altera/Lattice/Actel etc.
C++ development
Customer visits/application support
Technical documentation/marketing material
Presentations to customers/conferences/seminars

Job Location:
Please give an idea for Atlanta and San Jose

Thanks very much in advance for your time

Dave,

I'd estimate at least $700K/yr for Atlanta, and about 20% more for San
Jose -- especially since this person will need to do technical
documentation/marketing material.

Bob


"Dave" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi to all,
>
> Just wondering if you could give me an idea of a current salary ballpark
for
> the following details/person:
>
> Person:
> PhD in DSP on FPGA (3.5 years of RTL VHDL mainly for Xilinx and C++
> development)
> 1st class honours degree in Software Development/Electronic & Electrical
> Engineering
> 1 years industry experience (+ some during PhD)
> sales training/experience
> extensive presentation writing/giving experience
>
> Job description:
> DSP on FPGA design in RTL VHDL on Xilinx/Altera/Lattice/Actel etc.
> C++ development
> Customer visits/application support
> Technical documentation/marketing material
> Presentations to customers/conferences/seminars
>
> Job Location:
> Please give an idea for Atlanta and San Jose
>
> Thanks very much in advance for your time
>
>

depends...

Do you normally add "Would you like fries with that?"


Simon



"Dave" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
news:d3oo69$1ft$00$1@news.t-online.com...
> Hi to all,
>
> Just wondering if you could give me an idea of a current salary ballpark
for
> the following details/person:
>
> Person:
> PhD in DSP on FPGA (3.5 years of RTL VHDL mainly for Xilinx and C++
> development)
> 1st class honours degree in Software Development/Electronic & Electrical
> Engineering
> 1 years industry experience (+ some during PhD)
> sales training/experience
> extensive presentation writing/giving experience
>
> Job description:
> DSP on FPGA design in RTL VHDL on Xilinx/Altera/Lattice/Actel etc.
> C++ development
> Customer visits/application support
> Technical documentation/marketing material
> Presentations to customers/conferences/seminars
>
> Job Location:
> Please give an idea for Atlanta and San Jose
>
> Thanks very much in advance for your time
>
>

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 04:55:42 +0000, Bob wrote:

> Dave,
> 
> I'd estimate at least $700K/yr for Atlanta, and about 20% more for San
> Jose -- especially since this person will need to do technical
> documentation/marketing material.
> 
> Bob
> 

Do normal people really make 700k a year purely in salary? My first
reaction is that you are making a joke.

I would have guessed 150-200k for a PhD with only a little relevant
experience, but that would have been nothing but a guess. That is, I don't
know any PhD's (in EE).

How long does it take to get a PhD? If it's only five or six years, it may
actually be worth it! ;-)

--Mac

> 
> "Dave" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:d3oo69$1ft$00$1@news.t-online.com...
>> Hi to all,
>>
>> Just wondering if you could give me an idea of a current salary ballpark
> for
>> the following details/person:
>>
>> Person:
>> PhD in DSP on FPGA (3.5 years of RTL VHDL mainly for Xilinx and C++
>> development)
>> 1st class honours degree in Software Development/Electronic & Electrical
>> Engineering
>> 1 years industry experience (+ some during PhD)
>> sales training/experience
>> extensive presentation writing/giving experience
>>
>> Job description:
>> DSP on FPGA design in RTL VHDL on Xilinx/Altera/Lattice/Actel etc.
>> C++ development
>> Customer visits/application support
>> Technical documentation/marketing material
>> Presentations to customers/conferences/seminars
>>
>> Job Location:
>> Please give an idea for Atlanta and San Jose
>>
>> Thanks very much in advance for your time
>>
>>

In article <iV08e.7071$yq6.1107@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
Bob <nimby1_notspamm_@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Dave,
>
>I'd estimate at least $700K/yr for Atlanta, and about 20% more for San
>Jose -- especially since this person will need to do technical
>documentation/marketing material.
>

$700K/yr!  Wow, where do I sign up?!

Phil

Mac wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 04:55:42 +0000, Bob wrote:
> 
> 
>>Dave,
>>
>>I'd estimate at least $700K/yr for Atlanta, and about 20% more for San
>>Jose -- especially since this person will need to do technical
>>documentation/marketing material.
>>
>>Bob
>>
> 
> 
> Do normal people really make 700k a year purely in salary? My first
> reaction is that you are making a joke.
> 
> I would have guessed 150-200k for a PhD with only a little relevant
> experience, but that would have been nothing but a guess. That is, I don't
> know any PhD's (in EE).
> 
> How long does it take to get a PhD? If it's only five or six years, it may
> actually be worth it! ;-)

Well, to join two threads together, if a 'professional' in this industry 
makes $700k/year, I'm about to become a professional! And I already have 
a PhD :-) [it takes 3 years in the UK, on average btw]

I'm sure that was just a reaction post to an open-ended question though. 
Please tell me I'm right, or I'll have wasted the last 10 years (!)

ATB,
	Simon (the unprofessional one. Oh, wait!)

>> Just wondering if you could give me an idea of a current salary ballpark
> for
>> the following details/person:
>>
>> Person:
>> PhD in DSP on FPGA (3.5 years of RTL VHDL mainly for Xilinx and C++
>> development)
>> 1st class honours degree in Software Development/Electronic & Electrical
>> Engineering
>> 1 years industry experience (+ some during PhD)
>> sales training/experience
>> extensive presentation writing/giving experience
>>
>> Job description:
>> DSP on FPGA design in RTL VHDL on Xilinx/Altera/Lattice/Actel etc.
>> C++ development
>> Customer visits/application support
>> Technical documentation/marketing material
>> Presentations to customers/conferences/seminars
>>
>> Job Location:
>> Please give an idea for Atlanta and San Jose

> I'd estimate at least $700K/yr for Atlanta, and about 20% more for San
> Jose -- especially since this person will need to do technical
> documentation/marketing material.


I think, there is a '0' too much (if it was not a joke alltogether ;-), 
otherwise I'll buy a ticket to the Bay Area... (I am from Europe)

Thomas

In article <4260ca75$0$32388$91cee783@newsreader02.highway.telekom.at>,
 "Thomas Entner" <aon.912710880@aon.at> writes:
|> I think, there is a '0' too much (if it was not a joke alltogether ;-), 
|> otherwise I'll buy a ticket to the Bay Area... (I am from Europe)

Consultant job in the NYC metro area as a freshly graduated PhD, ~100K/yr 

A Friend of mine is working at LLNL (after a Postdoc year at Cornell), ~120K/yr 

Thomas: In Europe they don't pay their PhD nearly as well. They just wonder
why everyone who has the chance to work in the US does it...

Rainer

> Dave,
>
> I'd estimate at least $700K/yr for Atlanta, and about 20% more for San
> Jose -- especially since this person will need to do technical
> documentation/marketing material.

$70k right!?

> How long does it take to get a PhD? If it's only five or six years, it may
> actually be worth it! ;-)

In the UK it is usually 3/4 years.

More like 5/6 in Europe though I think....