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Whaa... I must be doing something wrong, because I'm in Dallas with 14 years of total engineering experience and 8 years of software engineering experience but
by vonmoltke 10y ago
Whaa... I must be doing something wrong, because I'm in Dallas with 14 years of total engineering experience and 8 years of software engineering experience but have yet to break $93k.
- eachro 10y agoYeah, it's time to ask for a raise or look for a new job that pays you your market rate.
- yAak 10y agoJust want confirm that while eachro's response here may sound flippant, I feel it's actually the plain truth and good advice.
- geodel 10y agoYou should definitely ask for raise and explore other opportunities etc but bear in mind that stories and discussions about salaries on HN is mostly about high end of S/w industry. For lot of us salaries are quite a bit lower than what is discussed here. Also cracking interviews and showing above ordinary skills to get job at top end firms is beyond capabilities of most of generic software developers.
- vonmoltke 10y agoSee, that has been by problem with trying to figure out my true worth. The StackOverflow calculator seems about right to me, but that is a totally unfounded gut feeling. $110k after five years in Cleveland seems like a high-end outlier, but I don't really know. Obviously $250k total comp at Google is a major outlier (for the industry, not necessarily for Google).