I have 15 years of experience. 2 years at Dropbox.
I started my career at 60k TC. Took me 8 years to get to about 160 to 180k. Since then I have hovered around 200k until Dropbox. Year 1 at Dropbox was about 300k, this last year I made close to 420k. Based on the conversations with my manager and skip level, I think I might get a decent bump this review cycle.
My expenses have actually gone down since since I joined Dropbox. I don't pay for breakfast, lunch or the occasional dinner during weekdays. Gym, wellness and a significant portion of my commute is covered by Dropbox. No life style creep and I'm very particular about it.
I'm not doing anything radically different at Dropbox. I have always learned throughout my career, don't slack off, deligent about deadlines, decent at building and maintaining XFN relationships, have reasonably good communication skills, never cared about taking credit and above all I trust people around me and they trust me back. I have had set backs where people took advantage of me or back stabbed me, but I never retaliate - I have either left those teams or companies. Never had any of these problems at Dropbox and I'm happy with the culture and people here. People around me at Dropbox are smart and I usually feel like an idiot.
I worry about what's next after Dropbox. We badly need a bigger place, kids are growing up and they need more space. I drive a 15 year old car which is showing it's age. We can afford a bigger house, but I worry if I will be able to maintain this TC even for the next 10 years.
For those you who have been at jobs that pay 400k or above, how do you deal with lifestyle creep and do you worry about losing your high paying job?
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