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2011 - $900 biweekly UX internship
2012 - $1200 biweekly web dev internship
2013 - $1700 biweekly web dev internship
2014 - $55k salary full time web developer
2015, 2016 - $65k full time web developer
2017 - $80k full time web developer (+ stock options)
2018 - raise at existing job to $84k
This doesn't appear to be inflation adjusted, at least I saw no mention of it. Quick math below based on BLS's inflation calculator. Year Starting $ Inflation Inflation adjusted to 2018 2000 $48,000 1.50 $67,500 2001 $62,500 1.44 $90,000 2001 $68,000? 1.44 $97,920 2003 ? 2005 $82,000? 1.32 $108,240 2006 $115,000 1.27 $146,050 2008 ? 2011 ? 2013 $175,000 1.10 $192,500 2014 $208,000 1.08 $237,600
Looks like I'm currently on a salary more suited to last century. I'm not in goldrush country though.
Burner account. All numbers adjusted to USD: 2007: Junior developer $25k (no bonus) 2008: Project manager $50k (10% bonus) 2009: Project Manager $65k (10% bonus) 2011: Senior Project Manager $92 (10% bonus) 2011: Product Manager $97k (Some worthless options as it turns out, and an approximately 8% bonus) 2012: Founded my own startup / developer $28k that year 2013: Startup founder / CTO $65k 2014: Startup founder / C…
2003-2006 SysAdmin $30k in FL. (No certs) as an FTE.
2006-2012 Netadmin $35k in FL. (a+, net+, sec+) as an FTE.
2012 SysEng $85k in OR. (CEH v7) as contractor at Intel.
2013 Pentester $110k in OR. as contractor at Intel.
2014 Security Analyst $150k in OR. Contractor at local power company.
2015 Sr. Security Analyst $120k in OR as FTE at insurance company.
2016 SecEng $170k in OR as FTE at aws
2017 SecEng $210k in OR as FTE at aws. (OSCP)
2018 SecEng $245k in OR as FTE at aws.
Embedded Firmware V&V:
2003: Software Engineer I. $62k/yr.
2004: Software Engineer II. $75k/yr.
2006: Sr. Software Engineer. $92k/yr.
2007-2010: ?
Rapid prototyping role in same company:
2011: Principal Software Engineer. $130k/year + 10%n bonus.
2012-2016: ?
Mostly a data science role. Company got bought by another large public company.
2017: Staff Software Engineer: $165k/year + 15% bonus + $10k/year RSUs w/ 3 year vest.
2018: Sr. Staff Software Engineer: $170k/year + 15% bonus + $10k/year RSUs w/ 3 year vest.
2005 - $9/hour web dev intern
2007 - $14/hour part-time web developer and software engineer. (This was still in college.)
2010 - $60K/year software engineer.
2013 - $85K/year sr. software engineer (including bonuses).
2018 - $103K/year sr. software engineer (including bonuses).
I feel I've been somewhat underpaid compared to market averages, but I have reasonable money for now. Lived super-frugally in college and paid off student debts ~1 year after graduation. Never worked crazy overtime, although some jobs were pretty stressful due to sheer bad management. Had opportunities to become manager or architect, but don't want to move into a non-coding position.
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My friend is making about that as a new grad at a trading company. He writes performant React code for high-speed table rendering. I know another guy making about that much at FB as a new grad. He works on Messenger games.
So in other words it's about how rich your company is, not how good your skillset is.
Meanwhile in the rest of the world outside USA...
1999 $27,000 Tech Support at an ISP 40 hour week.
1999 $29,000 Tech Support at a different ISP 32 hour week (graveyard shift) then Linux Engineer. $20k Stock that I never took because dot.com :(
2000 $30,000 House Gamer at a net cafe (Oh god I miss those days). 40 hours a week graveyard shift.
2001-2 Unemployed, occasional work still at the $30k mark.
2003 $30,000 Tech Support at a hosting company, 40 hour week.
2005 $95,000 Tech Support at a global storage giant with 3% pay rises year on year until I left. 40 hour week, 1 weekend a month.
2009 $110,000 Team Lead at a small IT Managed Service Provider, 40-60 hours a week. Outages all the time.
2010 $115,000 Senior Backup Engineer at global MSP, 60 hour week with lots of weekend work and 2am calls.
2011 $120,000 Consultant at a small company, 5% pay rises every year. Didn't know how good it was until I let.
2014 $140,000 plus $45k commission Sales Engineer at a US based Startup. Varied hours lots of travel. Usually 40 hours a week. $40k USD stock options vested over 5 years, when I left I elected to not take them because of Australia's dumb tax laws that were changed a year later. Also the startup didn't look like it was going to IPO anytime soon (and still hasn't).
2016 $900/d ($240k/y) consultant (This was Melbourne based so I was paying $500/w in travel costs). 40 hours a week.
2016 $165,000 Software architect at a global MSP 40-50 hour weeks.
2017 $180,000 Director at a big Consulting firm. 60+ hours every single week.
2018 $210,000 Director at a smaller firm that treats people a lot better. 40 hour week with lots of flexibility.
Yes I've had jobs fall through because the number I asked was way higher than they were prepared to pay and they didn't see any point negotiating.
I don't change jobs for money. The only time I've ever done that was the move in 2005 because they almost tripled my salary overnight. I change jobs because I get bored and want a new challenge. I stayed in the 2005 job for 4 years not because of the pay, but because the sheer number of products and platforms available meant I was always challenged and learning.
I have a family situation that requires me to keep earning lots of money for a few more years as I support others. Once that passes I intend to cut back to 3 days per week work and complete a PHD or similar.