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$100k is still not even close to how much you can make in SV as an engineer. Specially an engineer at this caliber. But working on OSS full time is probably 100x more fulfilling than building CRUD for a boring ad company.
I am sure the HN crowd is probably aware of compensation at tech companies in general, especially in SV>
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This. In most parts of the world, $100k/year allows you to live very comfortably indeed.
Yes but the author is American So he'll always have to pay US taxes even if he moves out of the US.(I'm aware about tax treaties but in most cases they still have to pay the difference)
since there's no such thing as a small advice - I'd appreciate a review of my sponsor page :-) https://github.com/sponsors/jcelerier
Hi Jean, I'm trying not to make this sound as a generic LinkedIn business advice, but get a better profile picture. Maybe a picture of you in front of one of the art pieces. Something that gives me an impression of who you are and what kind of art you collaborate in. It may sound stupid, but first impressions do really matter, even on Github. A dark, blurry picture of you drinking beer does not give a good impression…
it definitely does not haha, I put a better pic. Thanks !
$100k is still not even close to how much you can make in SV as an engineer. Specially an engineer at this caliber. But working on OSS full time is probably 100x more fulfilling than building CRUD for a boring ad company.
If I'd take $100K and move back to my country, I'd have the lifestyle 99% of devs in SV could only dream of. It wouldn't even come to my mind that I would want to work for FAANG.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
This. In most parts of the world, $100k/year allows you to live very comfortably indeed.
Yes but the author is American So he'll always have to pay US taxes even if he moves out of the US.(I'm aware about tax treaties but in most cases they still have to pay the difference)
since there's no such thing as a small advice - I'd appreciate a review of my sponsor page :-) https://github.com/sponsors/jcelerier
Hi Jean, I'm trying not to make this sound as a generic LinkedIn business advice, but get a better profile picture. Maybe a picture of you in front of one of the art pieces. Something that gives me an impression of who you are and what kind of art you collaborate in. It may sound stupid, but first impressions do really matter, even on Github. A dark, blurry picture of you drinking beer does not give a good impression…
these tend to come off like humble brags a bit considering working on the right thing at the right time is a big factor