Thought I would be a Engineering M2+ by 40 making out like a bandit at 800K/yr. Missed all the Faang upside last 3 yrs, kicking myself for not pursuing my Faang interviews seriously 3 Yrs ago, bought into too much hype of gig economy Lyft/Airbnb and autonomous. At 37, stuck at Lyft (lucky to survive the layoffs) making ~400K TC, promos are almost impossible during Covid. Aced Fb interview, but they said not worthy of E6 and threw me a E5. The best E5 comp at Facebook is less than what I make at Lyft, don’t have competing offers, don’t know wtf to do . I dont wanna join at E5 Facebook, start all over again, slave myself for 2.5 years to get promoted to E6. TC: 400K Net worth(household): 1.05M
It’s not what you make, but what you keep. How did you only manage $1.2M by 37?
Corrected its 1.05M, is possible if you have dual household income in Tech
I think he was implying it should be more lmao
Is this a joke?
Entitled Karen
More like a chad on blind
To "I don't wanna join at E5 Facebook, start all over again, slave myself for 2.5 years to get promoted to E6.", then don't. It's a simple choice. Hopefully at this age you have other things apart from career to give fulfillment. Both, your TC and net worth, are non-trivial. Try to feel good about it and draw some satisfaction. Go easy on yourself whilst you chase down the rat race. Enough giving advice to stranger, now I will try to follow it myself :)
I know people making less than half of what you do at your age and not at all whine about it. Have some perspective in life. $400K is incredible amount of money no matter what your age, no matter how you look at it. Blind sometimes gives you this illusion that anything less than $500K is not even living wage in SF, but do not pay heed to such trolls.
Is your tc lower after the stock crash
Dude, you are only 37! Most of the L8 folks are mid to late 40's! Keep at it and you get there just like the rest of those willing to put the time and energy into it!
37 is old
37 is fucking young
What’s your level at Lyft? It sounds like E5 equivalent at best given the 400k TC.
Have you always been entitled or only since you hit a certain TC?
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You get zero sympathy from me. 400k is more than enough to live comfortably anywhere.
Op thinks we would be sorry for him for not making 800k+ a year. Yes op. We will mourn for the next 24 hours for you. You poor soul with big dreams.