Being on this app has not only been eye-opening, but depressing. Reading the amount of TC being offered and negotiated is literally making me ill. It's so clear to me now that I chose the wrong degree and career path. Gesh!
All that is fine but where is the TC?
Dont stress or be depressed. We all make decisions based on our limited knowledge and circumstances. But you have plenty of time still left to do great. Jesus has blessed you
Weāre the 1% here . It will be you in a few years itās possible. Thatās the beauty of it. Donāt be depressed but exited itās possible. Weāre not special, we all started somewhere, and chased the dream knowing what can be.
Dude you are really dashing, what a beautiful response
Amazing response
But are you happy? Eleventy dudes here making half a mil TC but ain't getting it in bed. While min wage drop outs cruising the bar scene and getting numbers left and right.
No, I'm not satisfied. The cost of living is ridiculous. I moved to a different area hoping things would be different but it's worse.
I like how you refer to getting laid as the indicator of being happy lol
Everyone runs their own marathon. Avoid comparing yourself with everyone who earns more than you. I heard this in a hard way.
I absolute agree. I'm grateful, but would love to be earning more.
Yoe?
10+
Still, TC or Gtfo
He answered 80k no commission... Focus tšcloud101!
TC? Yoe? My current TC 105 yoe 7 New TC 205
TC 80 yoe 10+ no room to negotiate or advance. I was desperate after being laid-off, so I accepted the job and now I feel stuck.
You're not stuck unless you're on work visa.
Looking for something new is a full-time job, but I'm committed. I live in an area dedicated to the banking industry. No experience there so anything outside of it doesn't pay much.
I was earning 60k when I started but stayed in the same company for 13 years and at the end of it was making only 75k. I then switched and bumped upto 110k and was so happy (because I was hoping for a 100k and would have been settled for 90k as well). One year into the new job, I accidentally stumbled onto blind - I realized how underpaid I was with 15 years of tech experience. I started preparing and the following year I joined Amazon as sde2 with 220k (again I was super happy). But now itās been three years in Amazon and now getting upset that my teammates who h graduated after I joined Amazon are making 350k. I now have 18 years of experience and feel like a failure but was really happy with 60k and 75k back then when I was ignorant of salaries. I am really sad because I didnāt even know about these discrepancies in salaries - I simply never tried because I thought it would be more or less the same (plus visa and Greencard made me not wanna switch to avoid risk )
TLDR: I am happy I joined blind but I am sad I joined so late and wasted 18 years of my life. On the other hand, I really enjoyed those 13 years of my lifeā¦ I used to go for runs every single dayā¦ weekends were meant to be enjoyed - I looked like an athlete (was running marathons). Now I have become fat and super stressedā¦ I donāt enjoy anymore as I am trying to constantly catch up - every weekend I am trying to study or work. Havenāt had a break for 5 years now.
That is the worse feeling. I can relate especially with the newbies coming in making twice as much. No visa or greencard.
Whatās your TC
$80k, no commission
rip to making $80 a year