What I am wondering is if I am getting paid the rates I should. I handle tickets that our level 1 consultants can't handle. That includes monitoring over 1500 GPO's, finding issues in on our DFS, handling application provisioning in Citrix environment for a very specific client base, working with vendors to improve all of the above, and (since this is part of my major) developing and analyzing statistics about our consultants to deliver to the board. My salary is just over 43,000 with normal (for me) benefits; insurance, 2 days PTO a month, matched 4% 401k. I have 3 YOE managing infrastructure in esxi and am in the middle of getting a specialized bachelor's degree in cognitive computational nueroscience (basically I design and do the programming and analysis for cognitive nueroscience research). I don't know if age matters but I am 23. I got into IT as a hobby and I really like it but I am not used to the particulars of it yet and am starting to feel like I am getting screwed over. Thanks in advance! Edit: My main question isn't about the greatest TC. I like hard problems and while I am still new to being an internal IT there are still hard problems for me to solve. My main question is if 43,000 is normal for those responsibilities.
It depends on where you live. If this is a full time job, in anywhere other than Bay area, NY or maybe Seattle, it's very decent without a BS degree. Just remember that most post docs earn about 3-4k a month even in the Bay area, in their late 20s and early 30s.
It's in Georgia. I will be starting my doctoral program in about a year (if everything works out right). Most of my research had been in developing new architecture solely for the use automated systems. However, that doesn't mean anything for a consultant position.
Here's your problem. Your in internal IT. If u want to make big bucks gotta work on the revenue side of the house not the cost center. Part of it is your age. I don't recommend the degree your getting. It's basically a psychology degree. Get a real engineering degree if you want to make big bucks.
Part of my degree is heavy on the engineering side. And my masters degree will be from the "engineering" section of the school. While now I am thinking of aiming more towards the engineering side of things, my main question was if those responsibilities fit the pay.
Seems low, are you full time? Are they paying for your school?
Yeah I am full time and salaried. And no they aren't paying for my school.
You are underpaid or your area does not have a competitive job market
You are a good level 2 support , nothing beyond that. Each level and position has salary bands . To break the bands you need to do some serious coding. Good thing is you are young and thinking about it. Good luck.
Become an engineer, not an IT specialist, if you want good TC.