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130k is not a good software engineering salary. Period. Region doesn't matter to me, the floor of cost of living never truly goes that low. Sector? I build an
by nawgz 4y ago
130k is not a good software engineering salary. Period.
Region doesn't matter to me, the floor of cost of living never truly goes that low.
Sector? I build and deploy web or mobile apps, and I do as many parts of that as my team doesn't.
Experience is 10 years, including with Senior and Engineering Manager titles.
Besides the fact that I can make more than $130k by walking in the door across the market, I also believe I could generate a MRR that would return after-expenses revenue higher than that with a new business within 1 year. So I also don't see why I would take a moonshot on a poor salary, when I can aim lower, still have big upside, and avoid VCs stepping all over me
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- metaphor 4y ago> MRR that would return after-expenses revenue Come again?
- nawgz 4y agoAwkwardly phrased analogue for "salary potential"
- reidjs 4y agocurious, have you made over $130K a year running your own business? If not, how do you know you could?
- nawgz 4y agoI once worked for a 5-man business that brought in $750k annually, and the two owners were smart guys but no better than me and certainly not as professionally trained. Now, mind you, I'm not saying it would only be the product, I would also be willing to be a consultant (trading the singular VC for multiple, not-quite-fungible-but-closer-to customers), but making only $130k for your soul and a lotto ticket does not sound like an appealing deal.