Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much hundreds of employees report making in AI, cloud, and other teams
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Crowdsourced comp spreadsheets at hyperscalers reset expectations for the entire talent market—your senior AI and cloud hires now have a live benchmark, not a guess. If you’re below those bands, you need to compete on equity, scope, or velocity, not hand‑wave about “market rate.”
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