Chances of me making it to Silicon Valley and making six figures...

Well the lowest salary I have seen in the Bay Area is 70k for Visa, and most start at around 6 figure mark.

With that said, it is HARD to get jobs in this area; you would need a good recommendation.

I work at Fortinet, a top 3 international security firm (mostly networking, but starting to branch out to things like ML oriented stuff). As a new grad, I work directly under a high-rank person at the company so that is pretty cool. TC isat its lowest around 90-100k and can go up to 120k easily. They are also in an extreme hiring rush rn (no joke the interview rooms are always BOOKED with applicants), and the interviews are quite easy (if you are at LeetCode medium level you should be able to breeze through).

I can give you a quick test if you want and if you pass it I can refer you to HR. Mind you that my test will be harder than any interviews you will do at the location.

Sunnyvale CA (HQ) is their fastest growing location, but they do have many international locations as well.

Offer stand for any new grad that wants to apply. First couple of people to pass my test I will refer.

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