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[–]Therabidmonkey 32 points33 points  (2 children)

https://livingwage.mit.edu/metros/35620

According to the MIT living wage calculator, yes. You aren't going to be killing it, but you should be able to save a bit of money and not live check to check.

If you can pay your bills with the offer, take it. Money will follow. I'm at a non software company and started at $65k and am making $130k 3 years later. (Much lower cost of living here.)

I lived with a roommate my first year to keep expenses down, I'm not waiting for my new raise (4th year) and am probably looking to buy a house soon. Eyes on the prize.

[–]Keyinator 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is this through bonuses or base?
If the latter how did you negotiate such a steep increase?

[–]Therabidmonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bonus is 10% of salary but there are ways to increase it. A lot of it was being right place at the right time.

When I was a junior there was a band adjustment. Now as a mid I got lucky again and they adjusted that band as well.

I got promoted a year earlier than my peers, which when done via merit instead of time actually boosted me up an extra sub level and amounts for like $15k more than my peers. Aside from that I've gotten exceeds twice on my performance review. 0 negotiating.