Originally Posted by Unregistered

If you're not at FAANG, then where do you go? Obviously, the top CS grads either go to Google/Facebook Singapore or HQ. Starting pay at HQ is ≈USD$200,000 (equivalent to SGD$270k as a fresh grad), just saying. Of course that's the US, and you also have to factor in the high cost of living. Check levels.fyi if you don't believe.

My point is that obviously, the very best CS graduates will either work at FAANG or launch their own startups. Microsoft & Bytesdance too, sometimes.