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There is tons of work out there for programming, you don’t have to do doctorate level algorithm innovations to be a productive programmer. I understand your fru

There is tons of work out there for programming, you don’t have to do doctorate level algorithm innovations to be a productive programmer. I understand your frustration but maybe you are setting the bar too high for yourself?

devmunchies 6y ago
yeah surely. just having good knowledge of django/rails + react can get you a $80k-$140k salary. or if you're good with people a solutions engineer is a good options, because you are mostly the "nerd in the room" during the sales process: leveraging technical acumen to demo, build hacky prototypes, and solve the potential customer's problems.
- QuitProgramming 6y ago
  Do you have specific examples of jobs like that that pay on the latter end of that spectrum? Solutions engineer also sounds interesting. Thank you for mentioning it.
  - devmunchies 6y ago
    most tech companies with at least $500 million market cap will pay that (california, seattle, or NY) if you have at least 2-3 years experience. here's a unicorn list (all private companies with at least $1 bil market cap) https://www.cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies https://www.cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies Pick one and look at engineering roles. For example, I would assume this role at Brex (no affiliation, chose from list) pays at least 180-200k. https://www.brex.com/careers/engineering/4946341002/ https://www.brex.com/careers/engineering/4946341002/ of course, public tech companies (e.g. FAANG, Twilio, etc) will also pay that.
QuitProgramming 6y ago
I want a FAANG level job so, yea, I might be. Don't want to do programming otherwise though.
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- sneusse 6y ago
  > Don't want to do programming otherwise though. So get a FAANG manager position. With that attitude towards your chosen profession you can do all the leetcoding you want and still don't get a job.

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There is tons of work out there for programming, you don’t have to do doctorate level algorithm innovations to be a productive programmer. I understand your fru

by jay4343 6y ago

devmunchies 6y ago
yeah surely. just having good knowledge of django/rails + react can get you a $80k-$140k salary. or if you're good with people a solutions engineer is a good options, because you are mostly the "nerd in the room" during the sales process: leveraging technical acumen to demo, build hacky prototypes, and solve the potential customer's problems.
- QuitProgramming 6y ago
  Do you have specific examples of jobs like that that pay on the latter end of that spectrum? Solutions engineer also sounds interesting. Thank you for mentioning it.
  - devmunchies 6y ago
    most tech companies with at least $500 million market cap will pay that (california, seattle, or NY) if you have at least 2-3 years experience. here's a unicorn list (all private companies with at least $1 bil market cap) https://www.cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies https://www.cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies Pick one and look at engineering roles. For example, I would assume this role at Brex (no affiliation, chose from list) pays at least 180-200k. https://www.brex.com/careers/engineering/4946341002/ https://www.brex.com/careers/engineering/4946341002/ of course, public tech companies (e.g. FAANG, Twilio, etc) will also pay that.
QuitProgramming 6y ago
I want a FAANG level job so, yea, I might be. Don't want to do programming otherwise though.
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- sneusse 6y ago
  > Don't want to do programming otherwise though. So get a FAANG manager position. With that attitude towards your chosen profession you can do all the leetcoding you want and still don't get a job.