Ppl's posts about offers are nuts! The ppl here are amazing!

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Zennely

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Zennely
Nov 11, 2017 65 Comments

Alright, my mind is officially blown. I am amazed at some of the people and their skills/knowledge on blind.

I have one more summer and then 1 year left in my information systems masters degree, trying to get internship offer, (failing btw), and then I see people who have like crazy pay and stock options only a couple years older than me(I'm almost 27), and I work a job at $44k salary. But people are pumping out over triple of that with a couple years of experience after school or even starting?! Am I missing something?

I mean I got a 2$ raise this year, so I'm grateful for that, but how do I skyrocket like everyone else?

"Give me the power, of man's red flower, so I can be like you"

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  • New
    yNlA45

    New

    yNlA45
    Comparison is the thief of happines
    Nov 11, 2017 7
    • Amazon
      Zuck4Prez

      Go to company page Amazon

      Zuck4Prez
      You’re not wrong but so is not having free food and people looking down at you
      Nov 11, 2017
    • Amazon / Eng
      mUqi08

      Go to company page Amazon Eng

      PRE
      Amazon
      mUqi08
      This, I have 20 years of experience and those guys with 3 years make more than me, but I really should be glad because I still make a lot and have enough for my family need. Be positive
      Nov 12, 2017
  • Get a real job. Don’t waste your time on deadend jobs. Work on leetcode.com in your work hours.
    Nov 11, 2017 11
    • SAP
      LoveByte

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      LoveByte
      Use Lintcode.com It is free
      Nov 12, 2017
    • New / Eng
      Bznn44

      New Eng

      Bznn44
      How do you work on leetcode during work hours? What if someone stops by or sees your screen. I also feel like I get distracted a lot by email/slack and people shouting around me!
      Jan 5, 2018
  • Keep in mind most people with those salaries live in San Francisco bay area, where the cost of living is triple rest of America too (you can't find a reasonable home here for less than 1 million, and they are really not that nice.)
    Nov 11, 2017 12
    • New / Eng
      Qwerty666

      New Eng

      BIO
      Front End Engineer
      Qwerty666
      Boston isn't too far behind in the salaries/options...
      Nov 13, 2017
    • Let's not forget traffic and commute times even if you are 10-15 miles from work and drive. Granted the whole RSU and high compensation are not found at all companies in the bay area.
      Nov 15, 2017
  • I wish I knew about the pay packages and stock (Glassdoor numbers were very off) in Silicon Valley along with the best ways to prep years ago. I would have put in a lot more effort whenever I had interviews.

    Count yourself lucky that you have access to all this info, Ball is now in your court. Just remember that there is a lot more to life/happiness than money/career.
    Nov 11, 2017 7
    • New
      Zennely

      New

      Zennely
      OP
      So I consider myself decent at learning, but I don't necessarily know how to learn right at coding. Like I started working through some problems on hacker rank, and a decent amount of the easy ones I can get for myself, but then some of them start getting way hard and I spend hours before finally getting help on random ones.

      Is there a proper way to learn right? Because, to be honest, I don't think I can breeze past 60% of the problems. Maybe I just gotta work through them bit by bit?

      @star that's great! Sounds like you're happy to have made the change :)
      Nov 13, 2017
    • WRKSHP / Eng

      WRKSHP Eng

      I've befriended a bunch of friends over time and studied for interviews with them. One of them has been helping me a ton over the past few weeks by working through leetcode problems and problems he just knows. Sometimes when I'm stuck he throws me a hint so I'm usually not stuck for too long (besides debugging).

      Just practice through more example questions, whether in or outside of interviews. Personally I prefer social practicing - it's more fun and better motivation for me.

      And yeah! I'm really happy to have switched career paths. I love coding and I think the amount of responsibility is just right (too much responsibility in health stuff).
      Nov 14, 2017
  • Square
    Roundrec

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    Roundrec
    I went from 40k to 115k after moving to SF 4 years ago. Now I make 230k. I also overpay for a tiny 1br apartment.
    Nov 11, 2017 2
    • New
      Zennely

      New

      Zennely
      OP
      Are you saving up more money than you would have been able to otherwise though?
      Nov 11, 2017
    • Square
      Roundrec

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      Roundrec
      Yeah definitely considering total comp. I can get by comfortably/borderline luxuriously on my base pay, and my RSUs are basically a second mini salary and all savings... But yeah, I live in a tiny box and only save around $1k a month organically so it’s sort of a weird feeling.

      Also maxing 401k/Backdoor Roth + some ESPP though so take home is extra tight.
      Nov 11, 2017