21 Years of Income as a Software Engineer in San Francisco

Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Feb 26, 2018, 10:34 PM UTC

kelnos wrote: post #141

stfwn wrote: post #56

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Inflation is a very broad trend to adjust for. Maybe a dollar was worth 2% more in some part of the country while it bought you 5% less elsewhere. The ups and downs in local cost of living are probably extreme in SF, so adjusting with a nation-wide trend (which is probably nowhere near representative for SF) might be a bit arbitrary.

Excellent point. I just did a quick search and can't really find figures on "regional" inflation or CPI. That's... annoying.

Post by j45 » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 5:45 PM UTC

steeeeve123123 wrote: post #143

j45 wrote: post #80

$150k in 1997 would be a little higher than 150K today. Sharing on average dollars of income available to save after taxes per year would be interesting. At the end of the day it's not just what you make, but what you are in a position to save.

How much do you save per paycheck? What is the average?

Post by lzy » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 3:12 AM UTC

crdoconnor wrote: post #57

mailshanx wrote: post #52

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Interesting perspective! As an engineer contemplating SG, I would love to hear your Singapore story - what did you find there, and what did you eventually do?

I found it was 98% companies like ^^ that. The companies I actually worked in were bad. I found two companies that seemed more or less sane (ok, but neither blew me away). One of them was receptive to hiring me but I got a different offer before we worked things out which I took and regretted. The other deliberated for, I think, two months before giving me an offer. That was more or less the last straw. I turned them…