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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by Alterlife on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:13AM (#18344206)
Something significant happened between years 10 and 12. You managed to double your pay.

May I ask what it was?

Incidentally, I'm at exactly the same experience as you and I'll just say I make a lot less.

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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by myth_buster on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @08:03AM (#18344941)
Essentially inflation [0] and weakening currency [1].

[0] https://capitalmind.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Adj-for-In...

[1]https://s.tradingview.com/widgetembed/?frameElementId=tradin...

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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by pjc50 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @06:48AM (#18344614)
They doubled their $ pay several times - this is probably related to just how massive GDP growth has been in India.

https://tradingeconomics.com/india/gdp : the country is 5x more productive than it was in 2002! By comparison the US has only doubled: https://www.statista.com/statistics/188105/annual-gdp-of-the...

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