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No, they have not dried up; about a year ago, I changed jobs, effectively doubling my already six-figure salary. I'm currently in the interview process again an

No, they have not dried up; about a year ago, I changed jobs, effectively doubling my already six-figure salary. I'm currently in the interview process again and from my experience so far, while I don't think I'll be doubling my salary, I do expect the position I end up taking will probably pay $30,000-$50,000 more than I currently make without any sort of jump in title. YMMV; I'm a senior cloud engineer with 8 years of experience (all non-FAANG), though no academic CS background. Another caveat: starting right before COVID, I made the decision to only ever work remote, so all my experience with the job market in the past few years is only with 100% remote positions.

Dracophoenix 4y ago
Where did you find these remote positions?
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  LinkedIn searching for the “#remote” or “remotework” tag https://remoteok.com https://remoteok.com https://4dayweek.io https://4dayweek.io https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://weworkremotely.com https://weworkremotely.com https://awesomejobs.io https://awesomejobs.io https://remotewide.co/ https://remotewide.co/ (not op, no affiliation with anyone on this list)
- anon_070522 4y ago
  I've had 3 fully remote positions in my career so far and I found them in the following ways: 1) filtering listings on AngelList ---> the job before last 2) searching "remote" on the "Who is Hiring?" threads here of HN ---> my last job 3) looking at the job listing page of companies whose work interests me who I've heard have remote-friendly or -only cultures ---> my current job and most of the places I'm currently applying
xdfgh1112 4y ago
So what happens when you work remote for like 250k? Do you just retire after five years? Trying to get my head around US salaries.
- darioush 4y ago
  You pay 35% taxes so that's like 150, then you max out retirement and you're left with like 130. You spend 50-70k and then save 60k a year which is like 1 year of your pre-retirement expenses (not including any children, just like a couple or single person) So yeah definitely not retiring in 5 years unless you are already 55. This also means you didn't do anything flashy or crazy with your money or lose it in markets.
  - b20000 4y ago
    you can’t live on 50k per year in the bay area or LA unless you have roommates and eat at work both of which are not sustainable. any decent apartment is going to be already 4k per month and you can easily spend another few K on food and other stuff, not even overdoing anything, so close to 10k per month is more realistic.
  - dpark 4y ago
    > You pay 35% taxes so that's like 150 These are weird numbers. 35% of 250k is not 100k. It’s 87.5. And you shouldn’t be paying 35% on 250k. 35% is the top tax rate you pay. Most of your dollars will not be taxed at that rate. At 250k of income you should actually be paying about $70k in taxes. But yeah, you’re not retiring in 5 years unless you’re retiring somewhere exceedingly cheap.
    - jsiaajdsdaa 4y ago
      You are forgeting the 10% (aka $25,000) state tax in California which might be where this person is, which will bring them quite neatly to $95,000.
      - dpark 4y ago
        If you choose to work remotely to save money, you’re probably not going to stay in California.
        4y ago

Dracophoenix 4y ago

Where did you find these remote positions?

toomuchtodo 4y ago
LinkedIn searching for the “#remote” or “remotework” tag https://remoteok.com https://remoteok.com https://4dayweek.io https://4dayweek.io https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://weworkremotely.com https://weworkremotely.com https://awesomejobs.io https://awesomejobs.io https://remotewide.co/ https://remotewide.co/ (not op, no affiliation with anyone on this list)
anon_070522 4y ago
I've had 3 fully remote positions in my career so far and I found them in the following ways: 1) filtering listings on AngelList ---> the job before last 2) searching "remote" on the "Who is Hiring?" threads here of HN ---> my last job 3) looking at the job listing page of companies whose work interests me who I've heard have remote-friendly or -only cultures ---> my current job and most of the places I'm currently applying

xdfgh1112 4y ago

So what happens when you work remote for like 250k? Do you just retire after five years? Trying to get my head around US salaries.

darioush 4y ago
You pay 35% taxes so that's like 150, then you max out retirement and you're left with like 130. You spend 50-70k and then save 60k a year which is like 1 year of your pre-retirement expenses (not including any children, just like a couple or single person) So yeah definitely not retiring in 5 years unless you are already 55. This also means you didn't do anything flashy or crazy with your money or lose it in markets.
- b20000 4y ago
  you can’t live on 50k per year in the bay area or LA unless you have roommates and eat at work both of which are not sustainable. any decent apartment is going to be already 4k per month and you can easily spend another few K on food and other stuff, not even overdoing anything, so close to 10k per month is more realistic.
- dpark 4y ago
  > You pay 35% taxes so that's like 150 These are weird numbers. 35% of 250k is not 100k. It’s 87.5. And you shouldn’t be paying 35% on 250k. 35% is the top tax rate you pay. Most of your dollars will not be taxed at that rate. At 250k of income you should actually be paying about $70k in taxes. But yeah, you’re not retiring in 5 years unless you’re retiring somewhere exceedingly cheap.
  - jsiaajdsdaa 4y ago
    You are forgeting the 10% (aka $25,000) state tax in California which might be where this person is, which will bring them quite neatly to $95,000.
    - dpark 4y ago
      If you choose to work remotely to save money, you’re probably not going to stay in California.
      - 4y ago