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Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?

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Post by whynotkeithberg »

quacked wrote: post #36
whynotkeithberg wrote: post #6

155k, Linux/DevOps/SecOps. I work about 40 hours a week full remote. However, I just found out I'm getting laid off in october as they're moving services overseas to cut costs. I work for the largest Clinical research org in the world & we were bought by them last year. I'm a bit surprised & the group that bought us was not known for tech. I think they're going to ruin a lot of their tech offerings because I've worke…

I worked at a clinical research tech platform startup and the lack of tech experience in the leadership of the larger orgs actually paying for the tech is hysterical. Like, people cutting $10M deals for remote international drug studies done via web and mobile app who don't know what a "server" is.

yeah... The company I was originally with before we got bought was highly tech so they understood all that. However, this other company that we were bought by they have no tech experience and they hate paying tech salaries. However, dealing with their IT & other people is insanely frustrating and doesn't foster a good development environment.

The thing is with our tech is we have contracts for clinical studies that run years out. So they can't just kill our products and some of our stuff runs on REALLY old technology and definitely not something their IT people know how to handle. So i'm actually curious to see how this goes for them and I wonder if they won't try to bring me back as my group has always been a slightly special/weird group when it comes to what is needed for support.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?

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Post by amyamyamy2 »

nerdponx wrote: post #29
amyamyamy2 wrote: post #8

1 yoe, ~200k big tech in the bay area. 40-45 hrs a week, more around deadlines

Holy cow, $200k with 1 year? Were you a strong student at a high-ranked academic program? PhD? Particularly gifted individual with proven high-quality amateur/hobby work?

I got lucky in that I joined early enough to get an annual raise + performance evaluation while being under a year in.

This is a pretty standard offer at meta/google in NYC or the bay area though; I didn't negotiate equity at all so I know a few people making more. I think it's definitely possible to get into meta/google without any of those things but tbf I was very fortunate because I did 4 big tech internships and came from a top 5 school.

I know people making about as much who didn't do internships or go to a top school, though but were able to get noticed by a recruiter and then pass the interviews

edit: also i looked at https://www.levels.fyi/2022/ and applied to all of the top companies I saw

Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?

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Post by howmuchamipaid1 »

operatingthetan wrote: post #38
howmuchamipaid1 wrote: post #35

Senior eng manager at large well-known silicon valley company. 24 years of experience. $300K salary, roughly $300K annual stock grants. I put in a full week's work, which is ~40/hrs

Did you rise up through the ranks or did you get hired as an EM?

Ten years as IC before I switched to management. My level has been flat for about 6 years though due to poor choices (I stuck around in a couple of go-nowhere projects, ...)

Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?

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Post by artimaeis »

130k, .NET backend developer with 10 years of experience. Fully remote. I clock 35-40 hours a week, not working too hard because my capacity is a lot higher than that of my current team. Trying to ride that in such a way I don't end up burning out.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?

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Post by saagarjha »

nerdponx wrote: post #29
amyamyamy2 wrote: post #8

1 yoe, ~200k big tech in the bay area. 40-45 hrs a week, more around deadlines

Holy cow, $200k with 1 year? Were you a strong student at a high-ranked academic program? PhD? Particularly gifted individual with proven high-quality amateur/hobby work?

That’s a pretty standard entry-level comp at a well-paying Bay Area company

Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?

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Post by [deleted] »

submeta wrote: post #49
plasticsoprano wrote: post #44

Base is 205k OTE is 265k TC is about 300k I do about about 5 real hours of work a week, 10 if you count the internal meetings that I passively listen to. Fully remote. About 11 years experience in current role.

Would you mind sharing more details about your role?

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Re: Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?

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Post by tempaccount264 »

tempaccount264 wrote: post #67

Typical webdev. The last full time job I had I made around $100k a year. I've been freelance for a while and struggling to find clients, so for the past year I've been working around 20 hours a month at $70/hr.

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