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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?

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Post by quacked »

whynotkeithberg wrote: post #61
quacked wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 r…

If they do bring you back, charge 5x your salary as a contractor.

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

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Post by igetspam »

throwaway561 wrote: post #75
mrzool wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.…

In my next life, I want this. I work 4x what you do but make double. It's very often not worth it. Your priorities are right. When my cost of living goes down, I'll join you.

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

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Post by igetspam »

howmuchamipaid1 wrote: post #64
operatingthetan wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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, ...)

This sounds like where I am right now. Made some bad choices in alignment and I'm flat. Maybe I'll crawl out, maybe I won't. I have an exit strategy though, so in the long run, it will pay off.

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

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Post by throwawayadvsec »

dcchambers wrote: post #50

I thought I was underpaid given the salaries I see people brag about online, but if the salary ranges presented by recruiters are any indication, my company is right in line with the industry..with the obvious variable being stock-based comp. My suspicion is that the majority of people lie online about salaries to inflate their egos, even in an anonymous setting. There are some people making ridiculous amounts of mon…

how does lying about your salary inflate your ego?

I think HN and this kind of threads are just not representative of the whole industry, but it's still interesting to me

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

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Post by egamirorrim »

throw1653375 wrote: post #34

15 years, £180k, work about 2 hours per day (if that), remote. Will probably take a second job once my RSI heals. Hoping to make £320k+ at that point. I keep telling this company I have nothing to do and they keep wasting my time. It's one mismanaged project after another where the organisation gets in the way of me doing work with endless meetings, etc. Have you thought of getting a second job if your current one is…

Haha are you hiring?

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

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Post by egamirorrim »

egamirorrim wrote: post #85
throw1653375 wrote: post #34

15 years, £180k, work about 2 hours per day (if that), remote. Will probably take a second job once my RSI heals. Hoping to make £320k+ at that point. I keep telling this company I have nothing to do and they keep wasting my time. It's one mismanaged project after another where the organisation gets in the way of me doing work with endless meetings, etc. Have you thought of getting a second job if your current one is…

Haha are you hiring?

And does 2 hours a day include the meetings?

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

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Post by throwawayadvsec »

Paul_S wrote: post #31

Just use levels fyi or glass door - the self reported salaries here will be the self-selected top of scale. And given how vague the question is the information you get here will be useless for anything but reinforcing whatever you already thought.

levels fyi will not tell you how many hours people are actually putting in

I know how high salaries can get, I'm mostly wondering about the effort/salary ratio

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

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Post by neoromantique »

nerdponx wrote: post #28
neoromantique wrote: post #17

80ish k, Linux/DevOps/(bad)Dev. I work 40ish hours, but tbh available close to 24/7 due to small company size, it only really includes out of hours bothers few times a year, but it still does. EU, full remote. Been working for a decade-ish now, of which last five years specifically devops.

Is that 80k EUR or USD?

USD

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

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Post by EspadaV9 »

~$240k AUD, (ex-)CTO at a company that recently got acquired, and just got told I'm now redundant (not really a surprise, no need for 2 CTOs).

~8 years at the company (joined very early on as a software engineer), would average around 80+ hours at the beginning because it was fun and interesting, mellowed down to 40 once we grew, and now just doing what's needed to get the handover stuff written and attend meetings that I'm still useful in.

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