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Levels fyi makes me feel worthless
Realizing I'm underpaid and no longer want to do startups.
Kind of insane I thought I was "good" while making less than most of the lower end posts on levels.
How does anyone deal with this?
- bhaney 1y ago> How does anyone deal with this? Options are: - Stop caring - Career-farm until you're no longer on the low end Unless you're uncomfortably poor, I recommend the first one. It has a better track record of bringing personal happiness.
- Trasmatta 1y agoThere are two sides of this: * Those sites are BS (including Blind) and full of people both bragging, humble bragging, and lying * You may actually be super underpaid and overworked and might want to look for a new job that treats you better It's worth keeping both of these in your mind.
- platinumrad 1y agoThe psyche of the average Blind poster needs to be scientifically studied. There is something deeply wrong with the way those people talk (and presumably think) about money.
- clipsy 1y ago> * Those sites are BS (including Blind) and full of people both bragging, humble bragging, and lying I've never wasted my time with Blind, but I've used levels.fyi as a guide for expectations/negotiations at three major tech companies and matched or exceeded the mean for my role all three times. Your mileage may vary, of course. Edit: I'll also note the most recent was 2 years ago, so if it's gone downhill recently I would not have captured that in personal experience.
- andrewmcwatters 1y agoLevels.fyi compensation is really specific to FAANG-types of companies. Most companies hiring software developers don’t have similar compensation packages.