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Oops, that is not at all what I meant by take home - my bad. I meant total comp; this is very much before taxes.

This is not true, although I thought it was before joining Google from a startup. I'm now two years in (after joining at entry level) and my compensation is ~220k. 250k for senior is pretty conservative, if the Googlers I've talked to at that level are representative (and we don't work in the Bay Area).