Went from 45k TC to 175k TC in about a year

Started working for Wells Fargo through Revature (garbage contracting company) in Charlotte NC as a contractor but internally an App Systems Engineer 5. Started off making 45K in 2019. Only base no stocks or bonuses. Got my 15K contract raise in Dec 2020 so 60K a year. Was hired as an FTE in March of 2021 as an Engineering Analyst not SWE. Salary was 70k. No stocks or bonuses. Manager mislead me despite me being a rockstar employee in terms of work being completed compared to other fte/contractors just dragging work for years but promised me growth in the year. July comes around and I get only a 3/5 (meets expectations) despite going above and beyond my responsibilities and shitting on lifetime useless tech leads. Decided I needed to gtfo cause these Indian managers promise the world in exchange for 60-70 hr work weeks and then backtrack on promises. Grinded Leetcode for a couple months Got 10ish offers initially for local companies offering 🥜 however Ally offered the most 🥜 (90k base + 5% annual bonus + 10k sign on) Accepted offer in Sep with start date in Oct. Bank of America got back to me in Oct with an offer of 105K base, no stocks and undisclosed annual bonus (wtf?). Negotiated to 120K and started working for BOA and reneged Ally. First week of BOA, Microsoft got back to me with an offer. Lv 59 97k base 10k sign on 0-20% annual bonus And 70/4 for stocks Refused a Lv 59 while having 2+ yrs of exp Got back a new offer. Lv 60 107k base 20k sign on 0-20% annual bonus 100/4 stocks Ask for more since it didn’t mean my TC goals of 180k a year. Final offer Lv 60 112k base 30k sign on 0-20% annual bonus 130/4 stocks Left boa after 1.5 months and joined MSFT. Don’t compromise on TC, goals or growth. Was making 45k in nov 2020 and now 175k in nov 2021. #swe #microsoft