As an aside, I make just over 1/10th of that, 50km from London as a junior dev.
Ask HN: You make more than £150k/year in London, what do you do?
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#24I'm 28 and work as an IT Security Sales Engineer/Solutions Consultant in London. Typically I'm called when a Security Operations Centre is being built; mostly insurance/finance type companies but not always.
Previously a Java back-end dev, then Security Analyst, stint of consulting and now FTE Sales Engineer for approx 3 years.
Last year I made around £175k. This year I will definitely make at least that, but it's likely I'll be closer to £200k.
My total package is broken down roughly as 50% basic salary, 25% commission, 25% stock vesting monthly which I auto sell and take in my pay slip.
I have quite niche skills in IT Security, and I'm consistently ranked at the top of my team worldwide. Working for a major company.
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#25I'm 28 and work as an IT Security Sales Engineer/Solutions Consultant in London. Typically I'm called when a Security Operations Centre is being built; mostly insurance/finance type companies but not always. Previously a Java back-end dev, then Security Analyst, stint of consulting and now FTE Sales Engineer for approx 3 years. Last year I made around £175k. This year I will definitely make at least that, but it's li…
Out of interest, how did you go from a back-end Java dev role to a security analyst?
Re: Ask HN: You make more than £150k/year in London, what do you do?
#26I'm 28 and work as an IT Security Sales Engineer/Solutions Consultant in London. Typically I'm called when a Security Operations Centre is being built; mostly insurance/finance type companies but not always. Previously a Java back-end dev, then Security Analyst, stint of consulting and now FTE Sales Engineer for approx 3 years. Last year I made around £175k. This year I will definitely make at least that, but it's li…
Out of interest, how did you go from a back-end Java dev role to a security analyst?
Back-end dev at a security company, built a lot of software the analysts were using. Seemed more interesting at the time than development, agreed with management that I could slowly move into the role - turns out I was right, really interesting job!
Re: Ask HN: You make more than £150k/year in London, what do you do?
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Out of interest, how did you go from a back-end Java dev role to a security analyst?
Back-end dev at a security company, built a lot of software the analysts were using. Seemed more interesting at the time than development, agreed with management that I could slowly move into the role - turns out I was right, really interesting job!
Interesting, I figured that might have been the case. I'm looking for a new role at the moment and I'm trying to find something which will also allow me to pick up a niche skill while on the job. It's a strategy that I've seen work for a lot of well paid devs.
Re: Ask HN: You make more than £150k/year in London, what do you do?
#28As an aside, I make just over 1/10th of that, 50km from London as a junior dev.
How many years on the job? Is it your first after university?
My first job out of Uni was with a (terrible) civil engineering firm in Merseyside that paid £19000 when I first joined. I was just happy to be getting my foot in the door.