Ad: Manage updates with the Download App
ie8 fix

wealthfront

Help wanted: $183K plus. Tool gives lowdown on tech salaries

Anyone who works in tech is going to like this. Wealthfront, an online financial adviser based in Palo Alto, Calif., today rolled out an interactive tool (see below) that let's you see what tech jobs pay among private firms across the country.

You'll learn, for instance, that software architects make more than managers -- a mean of $183,000 a year plus equity compared with $163,000 plus stock -- and that cash compensation across all tech companies is $112,000. Another curious finding: Despite the huge demand for engineers in Silicon Valley, jobs in the northeast pay … Read more

Wealthfront takes on Wall Street--Silicon Valley style

There's a lot of sudden wealth occurring in Silicon Valley these days, and that's leading to a parade of suits--aka wealth managers--trying to snag customers from the hallways of Facebook, LinkedIn, Zynga and other hot companies.

It's a parade that Wealthfront wants to rain on.

Wealthfront, a startup backed by Marc Andreessen and other Valley luminaries, is trying to upend the old-school money management model by replacing it with a system powered by software. The pitch: Why trust your money to a Wall Street money manager who charges steep fees when well-designed software can do a better … Read more