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> It's actually something that pisses me off more than it should when I think about it. 1. all that glitters is not gold. 2. what life style does your salary
by balls187 9y ago
> It's actually something that pisses me off more than it should when I think about it.
1. all that glitters is not gold.
2. what life style does your salary afford you?
I live in the greater Seattle Area. Engineering base salaries are ~130-160k range. Total comp, add $60-100k on top of that (bonus, +equity). SOme make more, some make less. All of us at that level live a pretty good lifestyle, but no one is really balling out.
Cost of living has skyrocketed to match the inflated salaries. Businesses and government are working overtime to extract that money out of workers pockets.
- devilmoon 9y ago2. I can basically only pay for rent/bills, food and maybe a train ticket back home once a month to see family/friends, I'd say that's a pretty shitty life style - I am paying too much rent atm but even if I was able to shave a couple hundred euros off that it certainly wouldn't make me rich.
- balls187 9y agoYou work at one of the highest paying firms in your locale and you are slightly above making ends meet? Do you at least love what you do (for a living?)
- devilmoon 9y agoNot really - consulting isn't my line of work it seems. I am lucky in a way because I got into an handpicked team that actually writes code and explores new tech, so I'm not wasting my time entirely here, but still, I am considering going back to uni to specialise and hopefully move out of the country for an higher salary as a more specialised worker rather than jack of all trades SE
- balls187 9y agoI sincerely wish you luck in that.