From the linkedin profile, his last title is principle engineer and it looks like a senior staff position in payal, which has already lost its momentum for quite a few years. Poor guy. Maybe his capability gets him too proud to see other options.
国人情怀:
I believe what you said (about software engineer title with levels) is true, but don't generalize it, in Silicon Valley, some companies do have "Principle Engineer" titles, its meaning has been explained by my previous posts.
There was discussion on "Wall Street VP" in WXC before, actually the VP is just a small manager position, but some people exaggerated it and resulted in a lot of jokes. The author of this report repeated the same mistake with Principle Engineer.
It is not easy to get a job with Chemistry PhD unless your mentor is famous. The declining nature of big Pharma business further limits the job prospect now. However, there should be job 10 years ago especially he is from Stanford but probably with less pay than IT in California. With no computer science degree does limit your growth. It is subtle but it is there.
Yusuke 发表评论于 2012-04-27 21:19:39你说,这么优秀的一个人吧,为什么不找一个也差不多优秀的老婆呢,起码要有个工作吧.
年薪二十万已经很不错了, 象退休金,生命保险什么的理财工具都应该是有的啊,这么优秀的人又有二十万的年薪,关键是,老婆又不工作,一定会有生命保险的,不管是TERM的,还是WHOLE LIFE 的,怎么也应该有100万左右. 在美国,上中产阶级,特别是单收入的上中产阶级(10 万元以上), 都会有生命保险和DISABILITY 保险,外加一些投资什么的,比如最简单的退休基金401K 什么的,他的妻儿生活下去是没什么问题的.
关键是着个人他是不是一个正常的美国上中产阶级, 还只是一个有高学历高薪工作,也不知道因为什么没想开的的中国农民?