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Re:Ask HN: Why not more hiring of junior devs, then on-the-j... by TheFattestNinja on Thursday November 22, 2018 @05:15AM (#18509090)
As a junior, the switch job raise is much higher than that, especially if you decide to move to a larger / more active city (which is not that big of a deal as a junior). During my first job I got raised 12% over 2yearish, and swapping and moving to a larger metropolitan area brought an additional 30%-45% (depending on which offer you looked at). Now ofc there are other factor (higher life cost), but still that's massive.
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Re:Ask HN: Why not more hiring of junior devs, then on-the-j... by tonyarkles on Thursday November 22, 2018 @10:52AM (#18510659)
Absolutely. Fresh out of school, I job hopped twice and ended up with >50% raise. Started at $40k CAD, 18 months on jumped for $48k, and 4 months later (there were other reasons too), jumped for a greenfield project at $65k.

The first job refused to match the $48k offer. I’d probably still be there if they had, a decade on. Awesome place, awesome people, but... student loans and wanting to not live in a dumpy apartment won...

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Re:Ask HN: Why not more hiring of junior devs, then on-the-j... by AchieveLife on Thursday November 22, 2018 @11:36AM (#18510952)
I was able to achieve a 264% raise in the first 2 years of my dev life by switching companies and roles.

Startup -> Medium sized company

I didn't have to move states.

Edit: I'm a college dropout too. Rapid learner so I learned a lot on the job at the startup. Did a ton of tasks nobody else wanted to do (devops, automation, performance, tests).

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