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My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

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curtain_length wrote: post #659
throwaway991123 wrote: post #627

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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…

Possibly because Australians can get an E-3 visa easily? That would mean AU salaries would have to rise to stop them simply jumping on the next plane to S.F.

Hmm, maybe.. but anecdotally there's not too many Australians who want to pick up their lives and move to the states. I would guess the majority of devs here wouldn't know about the E-3 visa in fact.

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sures wrote: post #103

I am a brown male working in India. The salaries are rounded to the nearest 100000 INR. USD values are rounded to the nearest 1000 USD. These are salaries per year . Need to emphasize this because when you see numbers like 3000 USD you may think this is per month. No it is indeed 3000 USD per year. When there are stocks involved, only the stocks that vest per year is included as part of the yearly salary. 2003 - 0 YO…

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Post by meinbhiengineer »

sures wrote: post #103

I am a brown male working in India. The salaries are rounded to the nearest 100000 INR. USD values are rounded to the nearest 1000 USD. These are salaries per year . Need to emphasize this because when you see numbers like 3000 USD you may think this is per month. No it is indeed 3000 USD per year. When there are stocks involved, only the stocks that vest per year is included as part of the yearly salary. 2003 - 0 YO…

2014 - 0 YOE - 350000 INR - Software Engineer - A big Indian MNC

2016 - 1.5 YOE - 700000 INR - Software Engineer - Startup

2017 - 2.5 YOE - 1200000 INR - Software Engineer - Another Startup

2018 - 4 YOE - 1300000 INR - Software Engineer - Same as above

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If it makes you feel any better, Australian software salaries seem pretty high compared to most of the world. I more than doubled my salary moving from the UK (Bristol) to Australia (Sydney), while my living costs only went up a little higher.

I went from Australia (Sydney) to UK (London) and wondering how your costs only went up a 'little'?!

Probably because I live close to an Aldi.

Comparing Bristol's prices to Sydney's:

Rent: Sydney is maybe 50% more expensive. There is no council tax in Sydney, and the houses are bigger.

Food: In Sydney, groceries are usually more expensive (prices seem to be seasonal), but eating out is cheaper. The overall variety of food is better in Sydney, but Indian food is better in Bristol.

Booze: Beer is maybe 30% more expensive in Sydney, there is much less variety, and the pubs are less cozy. Wine is much cheaper and better in Sydney.

Bills: gas and electricity bills are both much, much cheaper in Sydney.

Transport: I don't own a car. Public transport is better and cheaper in Sydney than Bristol.

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Post by umeshgmrl »

meinbhiengineer wrote: post #683
sures wrote: post #103

I am a brown male working in India. The salaries are rounded to the nearest 100000 INR. USD values are rounded to the nearest 1000 USD. These are salaries per year . Need to emphasize this because when you see numbers like 3000 USD you may think this is per month. No it is indeed 3000 USD per year. When there are stocks involved, only the stocks that vest per year is included as part of the yearly salary. 2003 - 0 YO…

2014 - 0 YOE - 350000 INR - Software Engineer - A big Indian MNC 2016 - 1.5 YOE - 700000 INR - Software Engineer - Startup 2017 - 2.5 YOE - 1200000 INR - Software Engineer - Another Startup 2018 - 4 YOE - 1300000 INR - Software Engineer - Same as above

Can I know your tech stack?

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Post by shubb »

Rinzler89 wrote: post #461
shubb wrote: post #341

I feel like something went a bit wierd with my wages compared so some people here. Not level - that's about geography and company and other factors. But in progression. I have never asked for or recieved a pay rise, although I have been offered retention money. That said, it might just be the industry, colleagues talked about similar numbers. 2008 - £24k - Junior Electronic Engineer (C++/embeded)- Large engineering c…

If I may ask, how did you move from embedded to data processing? I'm interested in doing a similar move since the market for embedded is really poor in Europe and shows no signs of getting better.

Kinda late but maybe you'll read it - I went back to uni and did a masters in medical data, and I ended up doing that. The first job I took was a poorly paid government statistics job, and I went in as a junior after like 5 years programming, so it wasn't an easy decision.

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Post by throwaway33441 »

JunkyFish wrote: post #680
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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…

what do you do? I mean what exactly is your Job sir?

listed above (just before 2015). Don't want to get too specific, but I bridge engineering, product development, and (usually director- or C-level) customers. I have pretty good depth in specific areas of applied security.
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