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While I get the sentiment, you can still be a software engineer and enjoy a very, very comfortable life. It’s okay to not become a distinguished engineer. Amon
by afavour 2y ago
While I get the sentiment, you can still be a software engineer and enjoy a very, very comfortable life. It’s okay to not become a distinguished engineer.
Among my friends I count teachers, office workers and lawyers. My compensation to work required ratio compares very favourably to all of them (though in the long term I suspect my lawyer friends will win there…)
- scarface_74 2y agoI agree. I don’t live in Atlanta anymore and I now work remotely. But these numbers jibe from what I saw when I worked there as far as what the well known Atlanta based companies were paying. Companies like Delta, Coke, Home Depot, GE (GE Transportation), etc https://www.salary.com/tools/salary-calculator/senior-software-engineer/atlanta-ga?type=bonus&view=table https://www.salary.com/tools/salary-calculator/senior-softwa... https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Software-Engineer-V-Salary#TableView https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Software-Engineer-V-Sa... It’s also around the same range I’ve seen from other major cities that aren’t on the west coast. Before anyone replies, yes I’m well aware of what BigTech and adjacent pays and I did a stint in BigTech. While I pivoted to cloud consulting specializing in app dev in 2020 and that help me get to the tip top end of “enterprise dev”, I could have lived comfortably in Atlanta off of that income
- renewedrebecca 2y agoAbsolutely... Sometimes, it's ok to just have a job that you do. You don't always have to be moving up some ladder.