Ask HN: Is it time to quit tech industry?

Re:Ask HN: Is it time to quit tech industry? by giantg2 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:13AM (#25150298)

I'm guessing he means office politics. That's the way I feel anyways - if I had participated in politics and the games the company plays rather than just be the best technical person I could, then I would be much better off. I know a guy that started a year after me. He's a manager now (3-4 promos), making at least $30k more than me, while I'm just a midlevel (1 promo).

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Re:Ask HN: Is it time to quit tech industry? by pbrb on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:04AM (#25150826)

There's a lot to that, but I'm actually half decent at the politics. I held a fairly senior role previously, and still play the game pretty well. I'm just underpaid and pissed off about it, to the point that it effects my performance.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it time to quit tech industry? by giantg2 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:33AM (#25151150)

Yeah, similar to your pay comment, I've become disillusioned by the company screwing me over and passing me over. I consider salary/raise/promo negotiations to be part of the politics and games. What else would you say is the root cause of you being underpaid?

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Re:Ask HN: Is it time to quit tech industry? by pbrb on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:48PM (#25152112)

Starting my career with lower comp. I detailed this in a post in this same thread, just a little higher up.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it time to quit tech industry? by giantg2 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @01:06PM (#25152324)

Cool. That's part of what I did too - lower starting comp and stayed at the same company (8 years now).

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