TC comes up in nearly every post on the app, it’s simply ridiculous to be that wrapped up in it. What ever happened to simply being happy with your job, co-workers and your career choice. I’ve never left a job for TC reasons, it’s always been day to day work, managers, or just general not aligned with company Vision. Even so, the money in our industry is always there, so I don’t understand how this comes up in every post.
I wish I could thumbs up x1000
Glad to here I’m not the only one that this bothers.
You aren't. I started my own "WTF is with the TC" thread when I joined. I don't like it, but I do understand it.
If you don’t work for TC, you are doing a big mistake.
It's mostly just socially inept dev's who have nothing else in life to be proud of besides their TC. So i figure, might as well let them have that on here, or they might start jumping off buildings.
Omg, TC is the thing on blind, just that. Plus a doze of healthy cynicism is always useful after a day with your friendly coworkers and visionary managers ;-)
TC just comes, my TC is over 200k in the Minneapolis area this is way more than I need to live...I’m retiring at 50 because I’ve saved so much over the years...I’ve basically only done jobs that I’ve enjoy and all my friends are coworkers, so I hang with friends all day and get paid way more than I need.
Oh there ain't no rest for the wicked Money don't grow on trees I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed There ain't nothing in this world for free Oh no, I can't slow down, I can't hold back Though you know, I wish I could Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked Until we close our eyes for good
🤔 It's a community dedicated to a job sector, and you came in not expecting TC to be one of the most discussed if not most important topic? Also TC or GTFO is one of blind's two actual in-jokes, the second being 5'6" Indian (pbuh). This image has been around this community longer than you've been a part of it.
It's all well and good to say you loooovvveeee your job and would do it for free blah blah blah. The reality is, for most people their job is something they don't hate which pays for the things they actually like. And the more that job pays, the sooner they don't need the job anymore and can JUST do what they like.
I just think Software is Software, and if the company is driving you like a slave than no amount of TC would get me to stay, there are so many jobs around that it’s never been hard for me to align with a companies culture...and they all pay basically the same, so TC never mattered for me as much as job satisfaction.
Yoe? TC?
TC or GTFO! And the game changed when we all became just a number in a balance sheet, with reorgs, shift to India and other bullshit. Now the $ coming from them to us is the only thing that counts
TC just comes, my TC is over 200k in the Minneapolis area this is way more than I need to live...I’m retiring at 50 because I’ve saved so much over the years...I’ve basically only done jobs that I’ve enjoy and all my friends are coworkers, so I hang with friends all day and get paid way more than I need.
How much is a house in Minneapolis though? For comparison, my mortgage payment is about 8k/mo, so in pre-tax dollars that's about 160k. Based on your 200k compensation, that would leave about 2k/mo left for all your bills and retirement savings. I'm starting to be at the point where compensation counts a bit less, but that's with a TC that's getting close to 500k.