5 ms·

This is excellent advice, thank you. I think that after rising through the ranks quickly, I'm worried that my advancement (and earnings) are now capped for a wh

This is excellent advice, thank you. I think that after rising through the ranks quickly, I'm worried that my advancement (and earnings) are now capped for a while. Meanwhile I see less skilled developers fresh out of school making near what I make, getting signing bonuses, etc. and no doubt on their way to better pay at more interesting jobs. So there is an element of envy. Often it feels like I'm on the outside looking in on the tech industry because of all of the opportunities that seem unattainable (described here in another comment).

Zelmor 11y ago
Relax. You are young and have a lot of time ahead of you. Look not at what your neighbour has, for his gain is not your loss. I'm 30 and I have just decided on transiting from application support positions to linux and coding. All with an unfinished English BA, haha. What do I care for the young who figured their paths earlier and did well in school? All the better for them.
- akulbe 11y ago
  I'd be interested in talking with you more about how you're getting this done.
ChuckMcM 11y ago
> I'm worried that my advancement (and earnings) > are now capped for a while. That is probably true, but why worry? Lifetime earnings are the area under the curve, if you hit the cap early you get to go longer at the cap and end up with higher lifetime earnings. If you want to remove the limits on your compensation then you need to be the CEO of a company. The easiest way to do that is to start your own company and learn from your experiences doing that. You might also fail completely as a CEO for a variety of reasons and that will not only cut off your earnings now, but make it harder to get a job back in your "old" role of individual contributor. It is a risk you take.