Re:How Developers Stop Learning: Rise of the Expert Beginner...
by rurp on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @01:24PM
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A great many people raise families and live comfortable lives on less money than a somewhat below market dev salary. If you want to live in the middle of San Francisco or buy luxury goods then sure, you need to strive to earn a lot of money, but that doesn't describe most people.
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Re:How Developers Stop Learning: Rise of the Expert Beginner...
by scarface74 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @08:52PM
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Well, I guess I didn’t make it explicit that my being an “expert beginner” at 35 also meant that I was making a way below market salary and was (and I still am) way behind my retirement goals.
And with this being both my abs my wife’s second marriage didn’t do us any favors.
My base salary now is the same as it was pre-Covid pay cut and was more than enough to reach our short term needs and slowly meet our long term goals.
The RSUs+Bonus goes straight to long term goals - paying off the mortgage, cash flowing college for my son and saving for retirement.