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25 top-paying companies

11 points by rockstar9 18y ago

blgraves 18y ago
What exactly is a 'Toolpusher'? The most common job at #7 Chesapeake Energy.
- falsestprophet 18y ago
  What the hell is a Senior Sales Engineer (Salesforce.com)? I have a pretty good understanding of what those words mean separately, but as far as I can tell they to not belong together.
  - hboon 18y ago
    aka. pre-sales: Engineers whose main responsibility is complementing sales people in demos, POCs, presentations and other technical aspects of sales. Common in the enterprise software world.
  - deleted 18y ago
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  - willwagner 18y ago
    They work with the Sales team to give technical support and advice to potential customers before they buy a product. It's not a fun job IMHO unless you are technical and like to travel a lot.
    - toby 18y ago
      I've done it before. It also involved working with the client on customization since the sales people don't always understand exactly what's possible. It's fun if you like traveling and interacting with customers. Actually being part of closing a deal is kind of a rush. I imagine it pays well because it's not too easy for the sales guys to find engineers whom they're excited to bring to a meeting.
      - modoc 18y ago
        It can also be a great place to get comfortable dealing with high level business people, Fortune 100 executives, etc... You have to be able to (or learn to) communicate clearly to the super technical folks they bring, and to the CEO who can barely use his e-mail. You get very comfortable speaking in front of a large group, and you learn to think on your feet. I did it for a few years, before the travel burned me out, and I feel I learned an amazingly amount of useful skills from it. Stuff they can't effectively teach in school and that you can't learn coding in your living room.
    - wallflower 18y ago
      Fly home on Friday, fly out on Sunday. I don't know how they do it but I do hear if it's cheaper to fly somewhere else for the weekend (e.g. San Diego vs East Podunk) they'll let you.
- ars 18y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolpusher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolpusher
ars 18y ago
I would upmod the submission - but 25 individual pages?
- undertoad 18y ago
  Nice. BusinessWeek seems to do that a lot, too. It doesn't even look like the "Print" link circumvents it as on other sites. So what were the companies? For some articles I just read the comments here. ;)
  - dmix 18y ago
    You want someone to click through 25 pages and copy the names of each company for you? I doubt most people here won't make past 5 before closing the tab. Edit: First 5 were either law firms, hospitals or energy companies.
russell 18y ago
A bit bogus because the companies are ranked by most common salaried position, so it starts off with a bunch of law firms. There is a hospital with the most common salaried position being physician and a hotel chain with general director, conveniently ignoring all the orderlies and chamber maids which would make the average wage a lot less attractive. An there is that annoyance of clicking through 25 pages.
gravitycop 18y ago
The top 15, from: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106493/Top-Paying-Companies http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106493/Top-Payi... 1. Bingham McCutchen (law firm) Average total pay: $256,312 For: Associate 2. Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network Average total pay: $244,605 For: Physicians 3. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (law firm) Average total pay: $240,955 For: Associate 4. Alston & Bird (law firm) Average total pay: $203,655 For: Associate 5. Perkins Coie (law firm) Average total pay: $190,126 For: Associate 6. Devon Energy (oil and natural gas producer) Average total pay: $186,882 For: Engineer 7. Chesapeake Energy (natural gas producer) Average total pay: $178,108 For: Toolpusher 8. Salesforce.com (CRM software) Average total pay: $172,303 For: Senior Sales Engineer 9. Arnold & Porter (law firm) Average total pay: $172,192 For: Associate 10. Adobe Systems Average total pay: $165,947 For: Sr. Computer Scientist Software Development 11. EOG Resources (oil and natural gas producer) Average total pay: $158,302 For: Engineer 12. Goldman Sachs (holding company) Average total pay: $144,994 For: Other Exempt (i.e. Analysts, Program Analysts, Associates and Professional Non-Exempt) 13. Boston Consulting Group Average total pay: $141,111 For: Consultant 14. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Average total pay: $134,769 For: General Manager 15. NetApp (data storage firm) Average total pay: $134,716 For: Member Technical Staff, Software 4
hardik 18y ago
Does it bother you that so many of them are law firms. With all due respect to undeniable need to uphold law and order in a society, so many law firms say something about in which direction is productivity headed. Do you want people proficient in laws or those building something of more value to be higher rewarded?
pongle 18y ago
I was surprised at the number of tech firms in the list (e.g. Adobe, TI, NetApp, Cisco, Juniper) and the jobs that are listed are the engineering and other technical jobs. Reading the comments I wasn't expected any tech firms to be on the list.

11 points by rockstar9 18y ago

blgraves 18y ago

What exactly is a 'Toolpusher'? The most common job at #7 Chesapeake Energy.

falsestprophet 18y ago
What the hell is a Senior Sales Engineer (Salesforce.com)? I have a pretty good understanding of what those words mean separately, but as far as I can tell they to not belong together.
- hboon 18y ago
  aka. pre-sales: Engineers whose main responsibility is complementing sales people in demos, POCs, presentations and other technical aspects of sales. Common in the enterprise software world.
- deleted 18y ago
  [deleted]
- willwagner 18y ago
  They work with the Sales team to give technical support and advice to potential customers before they buy a product. It's not a fun job IMHO unless you are technical and like to travel a lot.
  - toby 18y ago
    I've done it before. It also involved working with the client on customization since the sales people don't always understand exactly what's possible. It's fun if you like traveling and interacting with customers. Actually being part of closing a deal is kind of a rush. I imagine it pays well because it's not too easy for the sales guys to find engineers whom they're excited to bring to a meeting.
    - modoc 18y ago
      It can also be a great place to get comfortable dealing with high level business people, Fortune 100 executives, etc... You have to be able to (or learn to) communicate clearly to the super technical folks they bring, and to the CEO who can barely use his e-mail. You get very comfortable speaking in front of a large group, and you learn to think on your feet. I did it for a few years, before the travel burned me out, and I feel I learned an amazingly amount of useful skills from it. Stuff they can't effectively teach in school and that you can't learn coding in your living room.
  - wallflower 18y ago
    Fly home on Friday, fly out on Sunday. I don't know how they do it but I do hear if it's cheaper to fly somewhere else for the weekend (e.g. San Diego vs East Podunk) they'll let you.
ars 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolpusher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolpusher

ars 18y ago

I would upmod the submission - but 25 individual pages?

undertoad 18y ago
Nice. BusinessWeek seems to do that a lot, too. It doesn't even look like the "Print" link circumvents it as on other sites. So what were the companies? For some articles I just read the comments here. ;)
- dmix 18y ago
  You want someone to click through 25 pages and copy the names of each company for you? I doubt most people here won't make past 5 before closing the tab. Edit: First 5 were either law firms, hospitals or energy companies.

russell 18y ago

A bit bogus because the companies are ranked by most common salaried position, so it starts off with a bunch of law firms. There is a hospital with the most common salaried position being physician and a hotel chain with general director, conveniently ignoring all the orderlies and chamber maids which would make the average wage a lot less attractive. An there is that annoyance of clicking through 25 pages.

gravitycop 18y ago

The top 15, from: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106493/Top-Paying-Companies http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106493/Top-Payi... 1. Bingham McCutchen (law firm) Average total pay: $256,312 For: Associate 2. Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network Average total pay: $244,605 For: Physicians 3. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (law firm) Average total pay: $240,955 For: Associate 4. Alston & Bird (law firm) Average total pay: $203,655 For: Associate 5. Perkins Coie (law firm) Average total pay: $190,126 For: Associate 6. Devon Energy (oil and natural gas producer) Average total pay: $186,882 For: Engineer 7. Chesapeake Energy (natural gas producer) Average total pay: $178,108 For: Toolpusher 8. Salesforce.com (CRM software) Average total pay: $172,303 For: Senior Sales Engineer 9. Arnold & Porter (law firm) Average total pay: $172,192 For: Associate 10. Adobe Systems Average total pay: $165,947 For: Sr. Computer Scientist Software Development 11. EOG Resources (oil and natural gas producer) Average total pay: $158,302 For: Engineer 12. Goldman Sachs (holding company) Average total pay: $144,994 For: Other Exempt (i.e. Analysts, Program Analysts, Associates and Professional Non-Exempt) 13. Boston Consulting Group Average total pay: $141,111 For: Consultant 14. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Average total pay: $134,769 For: General Manager 15. NetApp (data storage firm) Average total pay: $134,716 For: Member Technical Staff, Software 4

hardik 18y ago

Does it bother you that so many of them are law firms. With all due respect to undeniable need to uphold law and order in a society, so many law firms say something about in which direction is productivity headed. Do you want people proficient in laws or those building something of more value to be higher rewarded?

pongle 18y ago

I was surprised at the number of tech firms in the list (e.g. Adobe, TI, NetApp, Cisco, Juniper) and the jobs that are listed are the engineering and other technical jobs. Reading the comments I wasn't expected any tech firms to be on the list.