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In Nvidia's case that's actually true for long tenured employees - assuming they cash out before the bubble bursts.

I can't imagine most Nvidia employees don't make enough to become millionaires within like 5-10 years if they aren't already. Their entry-level software engineering positions have a base pay of $147K and total compensation of $180K. The lowest paying level of senior engineers gets more like $300K... Even the ones who leave before then are highly likely to get a job with comparable pay or benefits considering they have Nvidia on their resumé.

Now, tens-of-millions-aires, I don't think most employees get there.

kagis

They probably aren't hurting.

Aside from any other forms of stock-based compensation or bonuses -- which they probably aren't gonna publish -- looks like they've got an employee stock purchase plan.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/money/espp/

Enroll in our current ESPP offering during the month you're hired or during an official enrollment period, which occurs in February or August. Elect to contribute from 1-15 percent of your salary through payroll deductions.

Your offering price for NVIDIA ESPP gets set the first trading day after the month you’ve enrolled, and it remains the look-back price for up to 24 months. 

During these two years, there will be four purchase periods. Your contributions over each period will purchase our shares at a 15 percent discount.

The company's worth something like 200 times what it was in 2015.

https://www.levels.fyi/companies/nvidia/salaries/software-engineer

Software Engineer compensation in United States at Nvidia ranges from $178K per year for IC1 to $542K per year for IC6.

If someone's been maxing their ESPP out, just from that alone, they're probably doing pretty well. You convert 15% of your salary into stock, and that 15% of your income from 2015 alone is worth ten years of income down the road, over a million.

Layoffs imminent