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My Salary Progression in Tech

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Re: My Salary Progression in Tech

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Post by fitech »

tvphan wrote: post #45

I am Asian but was born and raised in Australia. I have a Bachelor of Science and I work as a web developer, e.g. Spring, ASP.NET, React, WordPress, Drupal, etc. 2013 - 23yo - $45K - First job - Magento developer building eCommerce websites for clients. 2014 - 24yo - $54K 2015 - 25yo - $70K - Second job - Magento / Shopify / WordPress developer, building eCommerce websites for clients. 2016 - 26yo - $75K 2017 - 27yo…

Just my 2 cents...If you want to make significantly more, focus on the business problems you can solve, not the technology you know/use. I’m not an “X” developer. I’m a business person that happens to use code to add value.

If this is outside your comfort zone, look for some basic books on business and internalize the fact that until you can tie your knowledge to dollars coming through the door, you likely won’t make significant jumps in pay.

There are numerous posts that have been shared on HN on how to make more money as a consultant/contractor/freelance developer. They are almost 100% relevant to company employees.

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Post by person_of_color »

DVassallo wrote: post #79
person_of_color wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you do the same but only include base salary?

Base salary was $160K since 2014. But why? The stock part ended up as money in my bank. These aren’t stock options like startups give. Public companies like to pay with stock because it didn’t impact their cash flow. The shareholders pay for it via dilution.

Did you sell stock as soon as it vests? Why?

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Post by beambot »

salaryanony1 wrote: post #54

Salary progression, no college degree. Cash only comp, no RSUs or anything like that. 20 - $65k (Office Rural NY, SE) 21 - $65k (Remote, 10 Person Startup, SE) 22 - $75k (Remote, 10 Person Startup, SE) 23 - $85k (Remote, 10 Person Startup, SE) 24 - $85k (Remote, 10 Person Startup, SE) 25 - $225k (Remote, SF Series B Startup, Lead SE) 26 - $225k (Remote, SF Series B Startup, Lead SE) 27 - $393k (Office, SF Series C/D…

You paid yourself $150k in your first year as startup founder? Huh.

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Post by brandonmenc »

expertentipp wrote: post #2

This is very American centric. Whites in Europe are lucky to earn half that on architect positions (please don’t come up with „standard of living” and „social services and benefits”).

If I never had to worry about healthcare or education costs for me or any member of my family for the rest of my life, I'd be fine making half of what I make now.

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Post by 8077628 »

quaffapint wrote: post #147

I see a lot of these crazy high salaries (there's nothing much higher than $150 for a sr dev around here on the east) are in SF area. Are these the exception FAANG salaries or are most companies paying such high salaries out there? It just blows my mind I can't imagine making such money as a dev and I've been doing this for a lot of years.

I suspect they're the exception, although they may be including stock options or could even be nonsense, this being the internet and all.

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Post by salarythrow1234 »

My progression:

  23 - 45K  (University sysadmin, east coast)
  26 - 60k  (University research systems programmer, east coast)
  31 - 65k  (SWE, small IHV, remote)
  32-42 -- incremental raises up to $145K (senior SWE, same company)
  43 - 425k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA)
  44 - 390k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA)
  45 - 350k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)
  46 - 400k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)
  47 - 525k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)
  48 - 600k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)
  49 - 800k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)

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Post by [deleted] »

thundergolfer wrote: post #96
tvphan wrote: post #45

I am Asian but was born and raised in Australia. I have a Bachelor of Science and I work as a web developer, e.g. Spring, ASP.NET, React, WordPress, Drupal, etc. 2013 - 23yo - $45K - First job - Magento developer building eCommerce websites for clients. 2014 - 24yo - $54K 2015 - 25yo - $70K - Second job - Magento / Shopify / WordPress developer, building eCommerce websites for clients. 2016 - 26yo - $75K 2017 - 27yo…

Do you work in Australia as well? If so, Ignoring US even, you've got 5 years exp and you're making $85k AUD. That's not high for Australia. Is that including Super? The larger tech companies in Melbourne and Sydney are giving $120k+ AUD total comp to grads .

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Post by bitcoinmoney »

salarythrow1234 wrote: post #166

My progression: 23 - 45K (University sysadmin, east coast) 26 - 60k (University research systems programmer, east coast) 31 - 65k (SWE, small IHV, remote) 32-42 -- incremental raises up to $145K (senior SWE, same company) 43 - 425k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA) 44 - 390k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA) 45 - 350k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote) 46 - 400k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote) 47 - 525k (Senior SW…

Edit. Saw you are remote for netflix. Can you expound which location you work out of? And where the team is located? Am amazed by 800k.

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Post by strikelaserclaw »

salarythrow1234 wrote: post #166

My progression: 23 - 45K (University sysadmin, east coast) 26 - 60k (University research systems programmer, east coast) 31 - 65k (SWE, small IHV, remote) 32-42 -- incremental raises up to $145K (senior SWE, same company) 43 - 425k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA) 44 - 390k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA) 45 - 350k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote) 46 - 400k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote) 47 - 525k (Senior SW…

Damn dude, what type of learning did you do from 32-42.
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