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When I was a developer at a well-respected company, the managers treated me with a combination with disrespect and contempt (when they were not outright ignorin
by djrobstep 8y ago
When I was a developer at a well-respected company, the managers treated me with a combination with disrespect and contempt (when they were not outright ignoring me). I switched to academia, government and the non-profit sector; my pay went up 3X-fold, and my talented colleagues praised those problem-solving abilities that I developed over the course of my commercial career. My advice to you; f*ck industry! Its a petty pointless prison where you’ll never do anything worthwhile. Switch to academia, government or non-profits in order to work and projects that actually have some positive impact on the world. Only then will you be treated with respect.
- NewsAware 8y agoCan believe everything but the 3x salary increase
- djrobstep 8y agoIt's true tho. When I moved from the private sector to working at a university, I doubled my salary. When I moved from there to working at the government, I tripled my pay from the uni job (moved from perm to contracting, however).
- danmaz74 8y agoOut of curiosity, where was this?
- djrobstep 8y agoNew Zealand, followed by Australia for the government contracting. The town I initially lived in in NZ had a very poorly paid range of jobs going, at least at the time. However, I was trapped there, predominantly due to lack of money.
- danmaz74 8y agoMakes sense. It's not typical though :)
- hnuser355 8y agoMy citation count went up 3x-fold
- NullPrefix 8y ago0 times 3 is still 0