some people care about more than just money and actively like working on challenging problems that they feel are helping better the world. I'd say it's a good filtering mechanism so people who just want to max TC and work the minimum like so many at FAANG don't even bother to apply
average TC looks to be over 300K for devs with around 5 years experience, that's probably helped by how well their stock did the last few years
average TC looks to be over 300K for devs with around 5 years experience, that's probably helped by how well their stock did the last few years
https://www.levels.fyi/company/Tesla/salaries/Software-Engin...