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> you can set your career such that you are more valuable to them than they are to you. and once you get that money is no object no more… and you get to stay de
by scarface_74 2y ago
> you can set your career such that you are more valuable to them than they are to you. and once you get that money is no object no more… and you get to stay decade (or two) in the same place vs doing the leetcode-change-jobs-like-socks dance.
How many of those companies that know your name will pay you straight out of college $160K-$200K and up to $400K-$500k+ within 5-7 years?
If you want to be at a company where everyone knows your name, it’s going to be a small company.
- bdangubic 2y agoHow many of those companies that know your name will pay you straight out of college $160K-$200K and up to $400K-$500k+ within 5-7 years? the days of $160-200k out of college are slowly but surely coming to end (try to find some right now and see how many there are compared to say few years ago). Hard to compare but I started in 1999 at $117k which is “there” inflation-adjusted but overall I would say it is not easy starting in that range. $400k-$500k in 5-7 in definitely achievable, little bit of brain and little bit of luck.
- scarface_74 2y agoAll of the BigTech companies are still hiring - just in lower numbers. But so are the non BigTech companies. So if you are looking at a smaller pool either way, you might as well shoot for the moon. Even if they do have to “settle” for enterprise dev, they still need to practice for DS&A to increase their “luck surface area” to get into those companies that pay top of range.
- bdangubic 2y agoBigTech in a nutshell :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42652056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42652056