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Starting pay in the field isnt worth my time, unfortunately, so I have spent the last few years of my twenties agressively pursing linux knowledge on my own tim
by Geisterde 3y ago
Starting pay in the field isnt worth my time, unfortunately, so I have spent the last few years of my twenties agressively pursing linux knowledge on my own time. Only hitch is that im spinning the wheels but not moving!
- swozey 3y agoI want to say we brought on 1s around 90 but in full honesty that's just my assumption and what I would probably pay one if I signed the check. I have had a lot of SWE 1 friends who wanted to move to SRE 1 and it's around 20k less than they want. They're usually around 90-120. Which one is the best decision long term is very subjective. Personally I think an SRE needs far more experience in various things than a SWE so they should be someone further along in their career. My first sysadmin job (around 2005-6 I think) was $40k, but I went from $12.50 so I was happy. Very SR SREs are in the 250s+ easy. Datadog and the faangs etc are in the 300ks.
- Geisterde 3y agoAnd thats the other problem, my current job will eventually kill me, and to reach those levels of pay requires a level of stress that I see breaking people. That starting salary is nothing to bawk at, an incredible step for most, but that would be ~30% paycut given my circumstamces. Im banking on someday being the guy that responds on reddit when you have an issue, "oh yea, just run sudo zap -wtf ${: | grep %". When I eventually master this arcane art, ill apply for a paygrade that keeps my lights on.
- joshspankit 3y agoI’m so surprised that more companies aren’t offering full-time positions as 20-30 hours a week and a corresponding drop in salary. “My current job will eventually kill me” is on the minds of some of the best people out there and I see many subconsciously (and consciously) avoiding positions that have a risk of that.