I took the $300K

Re:I took the $300K by yekko on Sunday May 26, 2013 @03:17PM (#5772102)

This is why you should NEVER work for below market salaries, you loose all leverage.

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Re:I took the $300K by cgopalan on Sunday May 26, 2013 @09:46PM (#5773078)

I worked for below-market salary for a year and a half just so that I could get out of .NET development and start working on Python. Now after a year and half, armed with more Python experience, I have switched to another Python job at what I estimate to be at least market, if not above-market salary.

Bottomline, never say never. You may have to take a temporary hit so that you get to do what you want.

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Re:I took the $300K by hkarthik on Sunday May 26, 2013 @11:13PM (#5773262)

I did the exact same thing when I switched from .NET to Ruby. Took a one year hit to work with Ruby at an early stage startup and left after a year to join a Fortune 100 making more than I ever did in .NET.

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Re:I took the $300K by yekko on Monday May 27, 2013 @03:35PM (#5776197)

You should NOT have gotten yourself into that situation in the first place. ALWAYS be looking.

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Re:I took the $300K by cgopalan on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @04:57PM (#5782730)

Not clear about what you are saying - what situation? I had a choice - keep working on .NET or take another job at a below market salary to work on Python. So I did the latter because I loved Python. This was with the goal that I would gain enough experience in Python to jump ship and work in a Python-based environment, back at market-salary.

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