Went from Food Stamps to 180k in 2.5 years
TC: 180k
Base: 160k
Bonus: 20k
Stock: 0
YOE: 4
Location: Midwest City (Remote)
I am a self taught programmer. Worked a long time at being an aspiring physicist and an educator only to get paid a pittance and guilted into thinking I was an asshole for wanting more. I was on food stamps and Medicaid for 30 years before I broke into my first real full time role as a SDE where I actually got paid (first year and a half wasn’t paid at all). It’s been 2.5 years since then, and places like Blind helped me figure out how to improve and get good. I’ve never posted here at any previous job, but given the recent raise (I went from TC 66k to 180k in less than a year), I figured I’d give a general thank you to the folks on here who always try to help others. You really do make a difference in peoples’ lives, and this career literally saved mine.
Here’s to another tripling over the next year or so :D
To those looking for a better future for yourselves, good luck! Use every resource you can and there’s hope!
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