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Throwaway account. Mid-30s male born in Eastern Europe, working in the USA. Washington DC area: 2005-2009 - ~ $25K (grad school; part-time research assistant,
by throwawayacct92 8y ago
Throwaway account. Mid-30s male born in Eastern Europe, working in the USA.
Washington DC area:
2005-2009 - ~ $25K (grad school; part-time research assistant, code monkey, and sysadmin)
2010-2011 - 0 (bad things happened)
2012 - $56K (software developer, remote contractor for a Canadian company)
2013-2016 - $74-82K (software developer, contractor at a government facility)
2017 - $90K (software developer, contractor at a government facility)
NYC
2018 - $150K salary, $275K incl. stock and bonus (software engineer, FAANG)
- throwingaway666 8y agoI am curious about your jump to FAANG after being a contractor for long. Were you always aiming for this break (i.e. gobbling down algorithms like no tomorrow) or did you contracting work involve a lot of stuff which is common at these Big Co's?