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Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by wernercd » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 11:13 PM UTC

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chad_strategic wrote: post #616

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Nice to see another devil dog in the coding world. Don’t see it that often... Salaries are great, but my best job is still my most underpaid: USMC S/F

Oorah Devil, I think tech is a good world for us. Pure logic separating the emotion. My hard-headedness and willingness to sit in front of the problem longer than most civilian team members has given me a ladder to climb and respect without the degree. It's been hard but worth it. I miss the brotherhood but I feel life as software engineers in today's age, we have an opportunity to make just as much (and debatably mo…

The key to being a good Marine is never give up, always give 100%...

I had a good work ethic before and the Marines definitely put the rest of it into me.

Other things it gave me was leave work on time (otherwise you are staying for awhile), leave work behind (enjoy "outside" of the job) and be thankful you aren't in a fucking desert.

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by westmichigan » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 12:29 AM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #296

These threads always invite the outliers (i.e. those who want to humble brag). Here's mine outside Washington/California/Silicon Valley/NYC: - $40K: 2010-2013, "DevOps" at small startup. No ownership/shares. - $45-72K: 2014-Current, Programmer (various job titles) working for state's education department Even management here only make $90K capping out around $115K~. But cost of living is low. These threads never have…

Here is my list, cost of living is relatively low in west Michigan.

2004-2006 $30k->54k, company went out of business, career path was help desk to infrastructure engineering

2006-2011 $40k->50k, 45 Days PTO, public sector, little room for advancement, rewarding work, great time off, education

2011-2018 $65k->95k + 12% bonus, 20 PTO days, infrastructure engineering, private sector. 80% remote.

2018 $145k, bonus up to 20%, IT Consultant, 20 PTO days, private sector. 100% remote, 30% travel.

Never had any job offer stock options.

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by Schwolop » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 1:13 AM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #270

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Not really, it is kinda "unseen" as its not part of the money that goes into you pocket after taxes. You only get into your pocket when retired.

It's most definitely your money. You earned it. The money was transferred from your employer's bank account to an account in your name. The only difference is you can't spend it today. ( It was a clever mind hack by the Keating Labor government to have super not be a subset of your base salary, but rather as an on-top-of entitlement for employees—or from the employer's perspective, an additional wages cost just like…

Re: the mind hack - yes, I agree. However, in light of recent discussions about raising the 9.5% SGL I went and looked at my latest contract which quite clearly says should that 9.5% go up, my total compensation will not change, so my base compensation will thus fall to ... compensate.

Even though that doesn't financially penalise me, it still feels a bit mean. From the company's point of view though, I'm sure they'd view it as far more mean if the government suddenly told them they're obliged to pay everyone more.

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by chad_strategic » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 3:05 AM UTC

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I started at $21k in 2010 as a programmer * 2000-2005 USMC * 2005-2008 various (Unable to decide what I wanted to do when I grew up) * 2008-2010 A.A.S. Computer Information Systems * 2010-2015 Backend Developer, 21k => 50k * 2015-2016 DevOps/System Admin, State of Delaware 60k => 68k * 2016-2017 Backend .Net Developer, small company 70k => 85k * 2017-Pres Backend .Net Developer, major bank 100k I live in Delaware - i…

Nice to see another devil dog in the coding world. Don’t see it that often... Salaries are great, but my best job is still my most underpaid: USMC S/F

Anyways... I was at the gym thinking... (still working out like like a Marine) I was wondering are there any resources out there for Marines (or armed service people) to get into coding?

I haven't had time since I retired to give back to our veterans. I was wondering if anybody knew resources, or do I need to start something?

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by known » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 4:44 AM UTC

Indian IT firms make money by selling software engineers, not software;

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by thereauaway » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 5:29 AM UTC

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Java at startup. C++ and python at bigcorps.

One more question, please. How many lines of code you are committing daily?

Very few. I would guess it averages out to about 10 per day.

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by INTPenis » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 8:13 AM UTC

jhall1468 wrote: post #432

INTPenis wrote: post #424

Salary isn't everything. I'm more interested in your monthly expenses, your vacation days, your parental leave options and flexible work hours. 200k USD a year is just shocking to me living in Swedens 3rd largest city, ca. 300k inhabitants. But I live well and I feel good from my work.

I don't know how expensive Sweeden is, but that $200k salary generally comes with rent of $2000-$3000 for a small one bedroom. Large swaths of Silicon Valley have average home prices well over $1 million USD. And the tech sector here has excellent benefits relative to non-tech, but they still probably don't even come close to your country. 3-4 weeks paid vacation a year plus a few national holidays, 6-8 weeks paid pa…

Yes that was my point. Just move to Swedens largest city, Stockholm, and cost of living goes up significantly. But nowhere near the 200k/year salary range.

Yet here I have what is called the Øresund region, with Copenhagen across the bridge. So I still much prefer to live down here.

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by sjwright » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 8:29 AM UTC

Schwolop wrote: post #664

sjwright wrote: post #270

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It's most definitely your money. You earned it. The money was transferred from your employer's bank account to an account in your name. The only difference is you can't spend it today. ( It was a clever mind hack by the Keating Labor government to have super not be a subset of your base salary, but rather as an on-top-of entitlement for employees—or from the employer's perspective, an additional wages cost just like…

Re: the mind hack - yes, I agree. However, in light of recent discussions about raising the 9.5% SGL I went and looked at my latest contract which quite clearly says should that 9.5% go up, my total compensation will not change, so my base compensation will thus fall to ... compensate. Even though that doesn't financially penalise me, it still feels a bit mean. From the company's point of view though, I'm sure they'd…

The mind hack aspect was important for the transition from the pensions and ad-hoc systems that came before them. Now that superannuation has near-universal support, any employers (like yours) which engineer an un-hack to the system aren't going to tear down the social license for super.

Re: My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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Post by majky358 » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:35 AM UTC

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Fair points, though I don't know how high of an expected value I'd give to 50k of Box options . It's hard for me to imagine that options given that late are that valuable. I'd imagine the equity compensation at lots of other places would be better. Don't feel bad though, these high salaries typically happen at large companies in extremely expensive areas. So, the money isn't as much as it seems, and you likely will f…

I think I do fine, but I do already work in a very expensive area at a very large company.

And what's your expenses per month ? I see there are big salaries in the US but when i imagine, i am in central EU, smaller country, there's possibility to get 4-5k € per month in gross, that's around 3,5k in net and cost living even if you have 2/3 rooms flat and other daily stuff would not be higher than 1000€ per month. A have to note, you work 40 hours per week, around 170 hours per month max.