I make so much money for working on such small problems that it leaves me professionally wanting more complex things. I feel like a sports car stuck in local streets. im shouldnt be complaining but I have this anxiety that if I lose this job I wouldn't be able to work at a new place at half my tc. im constantly looking to do something more beyond what im being asked for and definitely fall in the stereotype of technical people that makes things complicated for the heck of it. no visa issues here but sometimes i wonder if i should start my own company. tc 330 yoe 8 my tc is considerably lower than my peers because i didnt negotiate when joining g 2 years ago. btw my friends in other tech companies has said the same but not many are shouting this from the rooftops because of mad publicity. many tech workers regardless of tc arent working that hard. even those in amazon lol
Probably less than 20% of people in tech are doing things that are essential and impactful the rest are just faking it and I think I’m being too generous with my estimate.
More like 0.2%
No hate but the 330 makes me feel better. I always thought I was missing out on like 500k at goog lol
Depends on the level, if they are L5 then that’s average If they are L6 then google is scamming them, a friend of mine is L6 SWE and makes 580k
i cant fathom people make twice what im making given how "much" they work. sure there are those that are burning that midnight oil but is it really worth 500k? i dont think so
Feel the same here. Joined Meta in 2022 September, RSU has more than doubled since then, I am making way more than i could elsewhere. I am thinking about hanging on until summer 2024 when I think I will accumulate enough funds for me to start working full time on my own start-up.
I work literally 2 hrs max a day and make more than anyone else in my team. It's a shit job tbh and the reason you mentioned above is exactly why I'm leaving my job. It's cool now but I'll become so useless in due time that I won't be able to find another job at a company. Definitely not a well paying one
What’s shit about this job? Not fulfilling?
what your plan? i cant leave this job because im not willing to take a tc hit for a harder job. im just being honest but of course at the same time i know this isnt good for my development. what do i do
You are not a sports car. You are a gear whose value is entirely contingent on being part of a well oiled machine. So many FAANG engineers think they’re hot shit but when they go out into the real world they become the most incompetent guy at the startups they join.
Currently the economy is not good so don't make any big moves unless this is really important to you. Later, consider going somewhere else where you are in a core impactful team (inside or outside Google). I was in the same position as you back in msft and moving to a team in Amazon that is core to the business and having direct impact was the best decision I made. Im smart enough that I can chill a bit when I was want to, but when there is an interesting problem I can throw myself at it, learn a lot and have great measureable impact. And there are always many such problems in core impactful teams. I work hard but enjoy it (I worked hard in msft as well but it wasn't a core team with direct business impact so I found the hard way that a lot of problems simply don't need to be solved well or solved at all - since even if you do there is no measurable impact)
You should get Remote Work, so you could work in your personal 💻 computer and find another ways of incomes... You wasted several years...
You’ll be fine you’ll have time to onboard
I’m just jealous. Been underpaid and overworked. Hard to find new opportunities.
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