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Not much growth in current role but great TC ($600K) and WLB. Stay put or look around?

All liquid comp in MCOL. No promo growth in current role, there are many tenured engineers who are first in line for promo. Personal NW is close to $1M, $1.25M with wife. I am getting reach outs for OpenAI, Snowflake, Snap and a few others but I feel like even if they did beat my TC I'd have to waste like half a year interview prepping, then have to ramp up at a really stressful job. I've cracked some trading firms in the past but the comp was roughly the same and double the hours so didn't make sense. I failed my interviews at Rentec, HRT, and JS a few years ago so I figure those are too out of reach. Am I just golden handcuffed until I retire or get laid off? Life is good, it's just that I'm used to grinding but there's not much to gain. #engineering #software #swe

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ex-Amazon hatsoff2u Apr 16

Where do you work? Can you refer me?

ex-Google $605K-5YOE OP Apr 16

Answered in separate comment

PayPal slhcghhdd Apr 16

Age, can you refer me

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faangdrim Apr 16

age ?

ex-Google $605K-5YOE OP Apr 16

Curious why people are asking that. Just turned 26

Wish Iwish Apr 16

How do you have that TC with 5 YoE OP? What company

Hudson River Trading UjKL01 Apr 16

Enjoy it

Nextdoor .hola Apr 16

Half a year interview prep?

Microsoft JhantGPT Apr 16

Ikr. Its more like 1 year.

ex-Google $605K-5YOE OP Apr 16

Yea maybe less. Just for lateral moves at this comp band I need to bring my A game to even have a chance.

Coinbase #refactor Apr 16

Money goes a long way towards buying future job freedom. I'd ride it out and build a 12 month FU fund. Then if you lose your gig you can take a sabbatical, or find a fulfilling job even if it doesn't pay that well.

Bloomberg l6ordone Apr 16

Option: 1. Learn to play politics to break the promotion bottleneck. It is a skill. 2. Feel grateful for having a great NW, wife, and TC at a young age. There are people who are virgin at their 40s and negative NW. 3. Work on doing something other than work, may be philanthropy, passive income, entrepreneurship, research... 4. Brag your life about it on Blind. Motivation to others.

ex-Google $605K-5YOE OP Apr 16

Thank you Bloomberg, it gives a lot of perspective. I should spend some time thinking about my options

Dropbox mentira Apr 16

> virgin at their 40s and negative NW Is this your worst nightmare 😂

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CQxN46 Apr 16

Jeez I’ll take that job in a second can i dm for company name?

Intel rrdW07 Apr 16

Why do you want to get promoted in first place? Are you looking for more responsibilities or to manage others? Is your job motivating you? Are you happy with your job? Maybe start asking the real questions instead of the compensation one.

eBay asaV27 Apr 16

Op, is your company hiring. Asking for a uh… friend :)