My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

Post by digianarchist » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 12:48 PM UTC

tdotthrowaway wrote: post #637

throwawayosiu1 wrote: post #325

I'm currently based in Toronto 2012 - small business owner - 60k AED / yr (no taxes) - built Wordpress websites in my spare time 2013 - technical cloud marketing intern - 60k / yr CAD - FAANGish company 2013 - contractor - 30k / yr CAD - Engineering consultancy 2014 - Software Dev Fullstack - 22k / yr CAD - early stage startup 2015 - Lead Software Dev Fullstack / Architect + DevOps - 55k / yr CAD - very early stage s…

I too am in Toronto and this is my career progression: 2015 - Linux System Administrator - $65k - large company 2016 - DevOps Engineer - $79k - startup 2017 - DevOps Engineer - $95k - large company 2018 - Site Reliability Engineer - $115k - medium company

Post by pc86 » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 1:42 PM UTC

lotsofpulp wrote: post #398

pc86 wrote: post #338

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Low cost of living checking in, primarily due to food and housing, which are ~50% and ~15-20% of the Bay Area respectively. A Started professional software dev in 2010 after freelancing for $45, raise/promotion to low $50's before getting a new job for $72, raise/promotion to high $70's before getting a new job for $98, promotion to $115 + 10% discretionary/performance bonus. All web development to start, last promot…

If you think you’re better than average, especially top quintile, then moving to a big city will offer so many more opportunities it will more than make up for the temporary pay cut or hit to quality of life. Of course this all depends on your goals and situation such as having dependents and age. But it could pay off big by giving you more chances to network, start businesses, meet a high income earning spouse, etc.

Post by rancherbill » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 3:11 PM UTC

Post by lurker123 » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 3:59 PM UTC

throwaway33441 wrote: post #650

lurker123 wrote: post #644

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Interesting that it's similar (lower if adjusted for inflation) level of compensation since 2002. Do you feel that your specialty is plateauing in terms of pay? What would it take for another compensation increase?

gross comp in 2002 adjusted for inflation would be ~$285K, vs this year @ ~$340K, but big difference is net — as a consultant, health & life insurance, travel to global conferences (an indulgence of mine), employer taxes and 401K/SEP IRA are considerable. I priced out a comparable open market family healthcare plan before taking the role I'm in now (large but youngish tech company you'd recognize) and it was shocking…

Post by curtain_length » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 11:02 PM UTC

throwaway991123 wrote: post #627

quickthrower2 wrote: post #11

Nice money at those big American companies. In Australia, you have to become a plumber to get to those levels :-)

They're high but not enormously so, IME if you're in Sydney or Melbourne and are competent you can be making $110k+ with 5 years experience. Even more if you're skilled in something that's in demand (data science and DevOps ATM). From what I've seen I actually think we are lucky to have the highest dev salaries outside of the US. Which is kind of suprisingly in a way, because we don't have too many large internet com…