My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer

Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by ThrowawayUry on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:39AM (#18346616)

Montevideo, Uruguay (most expensive country in South America):

  2004-2008 - Programmer at Software Factory - U$ 10.000 / year
  2008-2016 - Functional Analyst (developer really) at non-software company - U$ 30.000
  2016-2018 - Programmer Analyst (still developer + pm) at U.S. company's outsourcing center - U$ 55.000

Mis-spent a lot of money on an MBA (30k) which didn't bring me any additional income, and didn't save anything after 15 years' career :(

Also, over half my salary goes to taxes as I'm on the 2nd highest income bracket.

I'm hoping to get way more as a remote worker (and there are ways to get tax breaks that way).

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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by dominotw on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:41AM (#18346637)

Its ok. You can start saving now, its not too late. Don't worry.

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Re:My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer by 5vHL30WJ on Thursday November 01, 2018 @10:38AM (#18354249)

Santiago Chile, gross USD/yr

2009-2010: software factory 18k

2011-2014: small startup, started at 25k, left at 40k (+ equity worth 0)

2015-2016: FAANG 75k (incl. bonuses)

2017-2018: medium-sized startup 100k

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