Full remote, fullstack. I work in Argentina and earn in argentinian pesos the equivalent to 10k USD a year. I'm hoping to find a remote job in USD soon.
Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?
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Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?
#7212 YOE
Staff software engineer. Full-stack web & app engineer/architect. What that practically means is: Java/Kotlin Services on AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes, SQL/Mongo/DynamoDB/Redis etc, JS/TS React for frontend web, Kotlin+Android, Swift+iOS. Starting to build out AI/LLM/ChatGPT stuff now as well.
Hours: remote 9-5, so 40 hrs/week (nice try boss!). But one could imagine someone working ~4hrs/day in such a position.
Salary: 240k base + 70k signing, 120k stocks, and 10% quarterly bonus
Loc: Seattle
I could probably work my ass off and get a 20% quarterly bonus and work toward Principle Engineer, but I've found promotions come out of luck combined with concerted effort. However I'm very financially satisfied and can prioritize my free-time and happiness. I've done my time at FAANG and even though they're trying to get me to come back, I'm happy with clocking out at 5:00pm on the dot with no on-call.
The more I've made, the less I've worked, and it keeps going up.
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#73160k / full stack / ~16h / 10years . fully remote. (france) I have a pretty chill job working at a large company where there are no deadlines and the bar for 'hard working' is pretty low. I try and get urgent things done as fast as possible but otherwise I take it pretty easy. I work in the evenings so I have my days free to ski/bike/ be with the kids in the hols, then i take some time off to pic them up from school…
Would you mind sharing what type of work? 160k in France is really high for such work conditions
I work remotely for a company in the US, as a full stack software dev but mostly frontend at the moment
Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?
#74Full remote, fullstack. I work in Argentina and earn in argentinian pesos the equivalent to 10k USD a year. I'm hoping to find a remote job in USD soon.
Saludos querido compatriota campeón del mundo
Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?
#75160k / full stack / ~16h / 10years . fully remote. (france) I have a pretty chill job working at a large company where there are no deadlines and the bar for 'hard working' is pretty low. I try and get urgent things done as fast as possible but otherwise I take it pretty easy. I work in the evenings so I have my days free to ski/bike/ be with the kids in the hols, then i take some time off to pic them up from school…
Is your contract really for 16h/week, or that's your honest assessment of how many hours you actually work in a week?
That's my rough average for actual work, including meetings, which can vary a bit.
I've been at the company 5 years, when I first started I worked my ass off and got a lot done, but it was frustrating seeing how slowly everything worked and how little work people did, it felt like the company actively pushed back against trying to get anything done fast. Especially coming from a startup where id be doing everything.
After having kids and changing my priorities a bit I've learned to just embrace it. I try do the least amount of work possible to be average or slightly above average on productivity.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?
#76United States H1B foreign worker visas must have salary reported. See this Department of Labor page (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/wages) which links to this database: https://www.flcdatacenter.com/OesWizardStart.aspx
You can search by state, county, and profession. Then, assume that people receiving these salaries are at the low end of the scale because they hold lesser bargaining power (because they require a job to get this visa and remain in the US).
EDIT: Also, talk to your coworkers about how much they make and the benefits they receive. This gives you real data for your area and normalizes sharing some of the most valuable information employees can have. I suggest doing this whenever you leave a job. Also, union positions post their salaries online. Aside from actually taking a union position, that can also help you establish what's a moderately competitive salary (it may be more or it may be less, depending on the strength of the union).
Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?
#77~650k cash, Staff Engineer, Los Angeles, 40-50hr a week. 15 yoe
lol damn, you hiring?
Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?
#78Graphics programmer at AAA game studio in LA area ~200K YOE 5 40 hours/week majority of the time, more around milestones but nothing crazy
This is interesting because it contradicts much of what I’ve heard about the gaming industry. Always heard about low wages and really long hours.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?
#79Graphics programmer at AAA game studio in LA area ~200K YOE 5 40 hours/week majority of the time, more around milestones but nothing crazy
This is interesting because it contradicts much of what I’ve heard about the gaming industry. Always heard about low wages and really long hours.
It varies a lot depending on studios
Big AAA studios can pay pretty decent (could still get more if I moved to tech though)
I also work on a live service game so we have a couple releases a year rather than one giant release which I think helps a lot with WLB since the scope/estimation is more predictable
Also I've only ever had graphics roles, not sure if pay is different for stuff like gameplay programming which seems to be the thing everyone entering the industry wants to do
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#80$80k (USD).
It's a technical customer support role for a SaaS. 40 hours a week.
About two years experience. 100% remote, OK health insurance, but other perks are pretty basic.
Before that, I worked for not-a-tech company,doing basic IT help desk stuff. That only paid about 45k. That seemed OK at first, as I was starting my career over and didn't have a related degree or experience. But after about a year of experience, that pay didn't make sense, and I could see other places hiring for the same kind of role for quite a bit more. Than employer had a reputation for paying below market rates and there was quite a bit of churn.