Re:Going from $110k to $24k for more skin in the game
by giantg2 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:10AM
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"Are you a full time software engineer in the United States ?"
Yes. Almost 10 years experience and an MSIS. Making under $100k.
"Honestly 90% of success in this industry is not being a jerk and showing up on time."
I must be missing that other 10%. I've had multiple bad managers, switched stacks multiple times, and other bad luck.
A decent programer can make at least 100k almost anywhere in the US. I'd expect anyone running a tech company to make more than their own developers.
You don't even need to be a good developer, you can use an easier language like Python or JavaScript. Honestly 90% of success in this industry is not being a jerk and showing up on time. I've seen developers outright confront C level execs and predictably it doesn't work out so well.
The other 10% is luck. Occasionally you'll have a bad manager, or you'll join a company which doesn't manage their money well. And the only thing you can do in that case is leave.