This market is brutal
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This market is brutal
How much have you been able to increase your salary over your entire career? I am six years into mine and more than doubled my starting salary, interested to see where others are at.
Would you take a paycut to join visa ?
I know it can be seen as a read flag to job hop, but is it also bad that at a certain point you have too many years with one company?
There’s a growing premium on leaders who can absorb pressure without transferring panic. Teams remember emotional tone more than strategy slides.
I had a moment today where I realized life has gotten expensive and I need to make more. What was your trigger point when you realized your salary wasn't enough for your lifestyle? Did you advocate for more money or look for a new job?
The only question left is will it ever improve. Right now, I say no. They've offshored, outsourced, or automated everything until jobs in America will cease to exist. I saw an ad for $65k software developers in Latin America. How can we compete with that with 2 and 3 thousand dollar rents
My prediction is that AI will actually bring more engineering during jobs back to the US. There’s no need for cheaper labor abroad when you can have really elite engineers here with AI do much more.
Definitely one of the toughest job markets I’ve ever seen in a long time. I’m glad that I’m not graduating from college right now from what I’ve heard from friends with kids in college - they haven’t been able to find anything at all.
So true.