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>Not sure what I can do but quit and I just don't want to give up on the stuff I'm working on yet and I'm relied upon quite a bit... but I'm almost completely s

>Not sure what I can do but quit and I just don't want to give up on the stuff I'm working on yet and I'm relied upon quite a bit... but I'm almost completely stagnating. Don’t quit your job. The article is elitist nonsense. The reality is that most of us are just plumbers, we’ll always be just plumbers, and that’s ok. You’ll probably never do anything world changing or cutting edge in your career. But you are among the most blessed human beings on the face of the earth to be getting paid triple the median salary to sit in a chair typing on a keyboard. Keep that in perspective and focus on pursuing meaning in your life that doesn’t involve a manic drive to sacrifice more time for more money.

scarface74 8y ago
It’s not about doing anything world changing. There are a few dangers in burying your head in the sand and not keeping your skills in sync with the market. - lack of optionality: If for some reason you don’t like your job, you’re stuck because it’s harder to find a job if you don’t check at least some of the boxes. - alternatively, your job lays you off after you’ve been at a company for 15 years doing ASP.NET Web Forms and you start looking for a job and you find that you aren’t hireable. Then you start screaming “ageism” (I’m 45). But you are among the most blessed human beings on the face of the earth to be getting paid triple the median salary to sit in a chair typing on a keyboard. The median salary in the US is $56515 (https://wallethacks.com/average-median-income-in-america/ https://wallethacks.com/average-median-income-in-america/). The median salary for a software developer is $100,690 (https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-developer/salary https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-develope...) Also the best way to even get that is statistically to job hop at least early in your career.
- aphextron 8y ago
  $56k is the median household income, according to your source. The median salary in this country is $31k [0] I also assumed most people here are bay area, where $100k is intern pay. That means your average software developer out of college is earning more than twice the median income of two working adults. [0] https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/central.html https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/central.html
  - scarface74 8y ago
    HN ranks as the 955th most popular site in the US, that’s not because of just the Bay Area... https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com

scarface74 8y ago

It’s not about doing anything world changing. There are a few dangers in burying your head in the sand and not keeping your skills in sync with the market. - lack of optionality: If for some reason you don’t like your job, you’re stuck because it’s harder to find a job if you don’t check at least some of the boxes. - alternatively, your job lays you off after you’ve been at a company for 15 years doing ASP.NET Web Forms and you start looking for a job and you find that you aren’t hireable. Then you start screaming “ageism” (I’m 45). But you are among the most blessed human beings on the face of the earth to be getting paid triple the median salary to sit in a chair typing on a keyboard. The median salary in the US is $56515 (https://wallethacks.com/average-median-income-in-america/ https://wallethacks.com/average-median-income-in-america/). The median salary for a software developer is $100,690 (https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-developer/salary https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-develope...) Also the best way to even get that is statistically to job hop at least early in your career.

aphextron 8y ago
$56k is the median household income, according to your source. The median salary in this country is $31k [0] I also assumed most people here are bay area, where $100k is intern pay. That means your average software developer out of college is earning more than twice the median income of two working adults. [0] https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/central.html https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/central.html
- scarface74 8y ago
  HN ranks as the 955th most popular site in the US, that’s not because of just the Bay Area... https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com