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Re:Thanks for the Bonus, I Quit by icedchai on Saturday April 17, 2021 @08:34PM (#26848725)
Yep, my first year out of college (1998) I was making 50K at a local public tech company. Anyone in tech would laugh at that nowadays, but that was considered a "good" starting salary.
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Re:Thanks for the Bonus, I Quit by harryh on Saturday April 17, 2021 @09:00PM (#26848861)
When I started at Microsoft in 2000 I believe my initial salary was 62k just as another reference plus some stock options (honestly I can't remember the details of that part). This was a very good comp package for a new college grad.
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Re:Thanks for the Bonus, I Quit by throwaway123467 on Sunday April 18, 2021 @01:54AM (#26850131)
> Anyone in tech would laugh at that nowadays

There was a reset between then and now: The Great Recession around 2008. Starting salaries were below 50K, and I was really surprised when a few years later I got an offer at that amount (also right out of college) - I remember looking around for what to expect, and it was more like 35K.

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