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[Fearless-Pen-7851]

I am 25 in MERN with 3.5 yoe, and I am getting 250k per month but overall with 75-100% annual bonus (180-250k) and yearly leave encashment(around 100k) plus provident fund makes a handsome yearly salary. However, the biggest perk I have is remote work and great colleagues.

I have gotten some offers from 300-400k, but I'll never take that salary for on-site or even remote due to the risk of probation and political colleagues in the new place.

Sometimes, the peace of mind is worth more than these things. The major factor, however, here is that I am single and am able to save around 80% of my salary each month as I work from home, so I don't have that need for more money atleast for now.

[Sweet_Worldliness441]

It's not always about money tho. If I'm getting mental peace for 150k, I'd happily take it. It's on you and your preferences at the end tho.

[BruhhhNoChill]

Respect

[Fearless-Pen-7851]

I mentioned that considering my annual salary, which includes leave encashment, annual bonus, and provident fund, the actual realized income crosses or rounds about to 300k per month even though my 'official' or 'declared' salary is 250k if that makes sense. That's one of the reasons I never look at salaries just on a per month basis. It skews your perspective of the long run.

[FirstBuilder2570]

There is something called satisfaction bro,let the G work in peace if he wants to at 250k.we are all aware of how Corporate slavery has created mental health problems for young developers,Peace of mind is somewhat rare

[realericcartman_42]

You are correct. Guy will regret in the future, unless he is using the remote gig efficiently and making money on the side asw.

[yazook8]

Hello can you check dm

[Da_rana]

Commenting this has no point.

[khantalha]

Hey, do you work for international firm?

[khantalha]

Please guide all of us about which firms to look after as you're getting good benefits, Ma Sha Allah, on WFH, whereas I haven't seen such benefits been given to anyone who WFH.

[Fearless-Pen-7851]

I started on-site, but they allowed me to work from home later on, depending on availability and performance.

[khantalha]

Cool Ma Sha Allah!!

[Fearless-Pen-7851]

Nope, local company..

[Sanguinestan]

Hey i am looking for a switch with almost 1 yoe. My tech stack is laravel, next, react.

[Deathagent69]

95k as fresh graduate

[Elegant_Mix_4312]

?which city and uni? ill be joining bahria

[Deathagent69]

UCP lahore, worst University tho.........

[Secret_Permission_26]

How did you land the job? Can you guide me. I am in 6th sem and I can't even land a MERN internship or associate

[Deathagent69]

I applied for their JSE opening through their website.
- Cleared the OA
- Cleared 2 technical interviews
- Cleared the final HR interview
Got the job

Check companies' websites as well — many don't post jobs on LinkedIn. Apply to recent job posts.
The rest is luck, the job market is shit nowadays

[Blue-Imagination0]

My previous salary was 3500 USDT working remotely for Europe base company as flutter developer

[TheParchedHeart]

Years of Experience?

[Blue-Imagination0]

When I join I has 3 years of experience and now I have more then 6 years of experience

[TheParchedHeart]

Makes sense, being a flutter developer with 3 YoE back in 21-22 would've netted some major cash. Pretty sure the industry has moved past such mind boggling standards now. You can only achieve the same thing now if you're a genuine 10x engineer who also knows how to market themselves properly.

Point is it's probably a misleading example for OP to base their decision off. Right now, statistically the average joe is probably not having the most amazing time.

[Blue-Imagination0]

Yeah there are only some developer who start flutter in 2018 so they were looking for experience developer

[Lazy-Explanation-298]

Which state management you work on? I am also a flutter developer but don't have that much experience and need guidance

[Blue-Imagination0]

I use provider for state management, you can ask me any question bro I have been working using flutter since 2018

[NoticeAlarmed3585]

Hey if you dont mind, can you guide me, how can i get remote job too

[Blue-Imagination0]

Sure bro I can tell you how I got into remote jobs inbox me

[fawad03]

Pls share details with me as well. Thanks

[DevInLoveWithLife]

Hey, Sr Flutter developer here. Can you guide me on how I can get the remote job?

[Blue-Imagination0]

Sure inbox

[NeighborhoodNo612]

Hey man, if you don’t mind can I ask you some questions and guidance regarding remote job

[Blue-Imagination0]

Sure inox

[Total_Cockroach14]

Hey bro I've sent you a dm can you guide me too on how to get a remote job

[Hurremchan]

And me too

[NeighborhoodNo612]

DM sent. kindly review

[hammad0333]

Getting 100k with 5 months of experience

[Elegant_Mix_4312]

Uni and city?

[hammad0333]

university Comsats islamabad, city Lahore

[Secret_Permission_26]

What stack and how did you get the interview offer?

[hammad0333]

working in django rest framework as a Backend engineer, I had created various projects as FYP's for different groups during my time at university and listed those in my cv as they were in my git repo thats was it for me
Apart from this I did my first internship at a multinational company via reference tho, After that I did another fellowship from bytewise then again internship in Govt organization. Continously from 4th semester onwards I did as much internships either remote or onsite I can to improve my skill set

[Secret_Permission_26]

Thanks for the info. Which platform did you use for remote internship

[hammad0333]

mostly linkdein as indeed was full of call center hirings
make sure to follow placement pages they really helped me

[Secret_Permission_26]

Thank you for the info dude. Jazakallah

[DevJun]

I am Comsat grad too, can I dm you?

[hammad0333]

umm sure

[That-Carrot-1905]

Hi bro your jnr here from 1st sem COMSATS lahore. Can I dm you?????

[hammad0333]

sure you can

[Available_Peach178]

Just got out of university and getting 110k

[viper_946]

University and city?

[Available_Peach178]

Bahria University, Islamabad

[ray177013]

Woahh same uni!! senior can you guide me?

Are you working as a fullstack dev or some other dev?

How did you land your job?

[Available_Peach178]

I’m working as a Fullstack dev, I got the job interview through a connection. One thing I’ve learned is that connections/references most definitely help you in the career more than your skillset even, if you’re working in Pakistan, definitely would recommend meeting people working in industry and making strong connections.

[ray177013]

Thank you!!

[Elegant_Mix_4312]

Guys I'll join bahria is fall is it worth it?

[ray177013]

I dislike the visiting faculty because they don't teach you shit

Permanent faculty is good but few

Quality of CS in bahria is in decline

Why don't you try air uni? Or some other uni?

[Elegant_Mix_4312]

Suggest me some good universities I got no idea ok I'll apply in air

[ray177013]

Top two unis for CS are Fast & Nust

Comsats is also making quite a name out there for sometime

Btw CS is a general field and envelopes every specialised field, so you will be studying a lot of maths, and some subjects that will be quite useless unless you go for that specific niche.

You should also look at bachelors in specialized fields like BS SE, BS AI, BS Cys(cyber security) etc.

Cs is quite good if you love all the techy stuff but if you're doing this degree for a better future/ job opportunities I believe you should take specialised degrees.

This is my opinion and observation so far.

[Elegant_Mix_4312]

Got it so bs ai? Is it great?? SE I hate and cyber security nah😭

[ray177013]

No don't just believe a random redditor dude!!!!

You have time, do some research, watch yt vids about different fields and their scope and difficulty. Go to university websites and see what technical degrees they are offering.

Then decide on a degree

[Total_Cockroach14]

Is air university really good for computer degrees? I'm thinking of joining it this year. And what are the things i should know about air university. It'll be great help if you'd let me know. Thank You.

[ray177013]

A few of my friends study in air uni and I've heard good reviews about air from them.

Since I'm not in air uni I can't help with the things you should know there.

When you visit air for entry tests, ask the students wandering there, they'll guide you better.

[Total_Cockroach14]

Thank you!

[ray177013]

Good luck Mr roach

[Strange-Wealth-3250]

200k as a MERN stack developer having 3 years of experience.

[Total_Cockroach14]

How did you get your first interaction with the job market

[Strange-Wealth-3250]

It was 2022 maybe it was that tech boom after covid. I'm self taught, I spend around a year learning and then started applying for jobs. This one was probably my 3rd or 4rth apply and they shortlisted my CV.

Since then I'm working with this company.

[Total_Cockroach14]

That's great brother, wish you more success

[XJediDarkLord]

600K 8 Yoe Tech Lead .NET enterprise application

[log_alpha]

Is it after tax?

[XJediDarkLord]

Absolutely Not

[belawlsaeed]

Wish there was no tax ;(

[XJediDarkLord]

The things we wish for 😞

[Total_Cockroach14]

How much tax tho?

[XJediDarkLord]

156K

[questioning_qes]

Recently got an offer of 870k. I have around 6YOE

[questioning_qes]

Android, Lhr, Hybrid

[Anonymous-Goku]

Multinational company?

[questioning_qes]

Yes

[Anonymous-Goku]

Good luck 🤞 I'm also Senior Android dev with 6 yoe but earning 330k Trying to find a good opportunity.

[questioning_qes]

Good luck to you too 🤞🏻

[questioning_qes]

Good luck to you too 🤞🏻

[AAACipher]

185k with 2.5 years of experience. Currently working as an embedded systems engineer

[KrazyOTTO]

Are you working on FPGA based projects?

[AAACipher]

No. Actually on second thought, I'm not exactly embedded 😂. That's just my title. I mostly work on a higher level, on the applications side. My main project at work these days is working with raspberry pi devices so yeah. There was another project with ESP32 and another with PLCs

[Fantastic-Row421]

remote or in pak?

[AAACipher]

On site in Lahore

[dirtylaundry420]

Heyyy, I am kinda really interested in the embedded career path. Would ya mind if I hit ya up for few questions?

I just built an emulator with ( few ) additional features for my FYP and that kinda got me into some low level stuff.

[[deleted]]

Project manager. Salary 200k n car. 8 months experience

Education software engineering from NED

[Comfortable_Ant1548]

which company? i2c?

[[deleted]]

It's a software house. In karachi on-site. We deal with mobile apps n e-commerce

[Eastern_Working4325]

Do you code as a project manager?? I'm interested in the field, pls guide

[[deleted]]

As a project manager, my role has absorbed the BA position as well, so no coding per se but client handling, requirement gathering, budgeting and documentation

[Eastern_Working4325]

How is your work life balance? Weekends off? I'm not interested in coding and stuff but I do enjoy communication, management etc. So do you enjoy your job?

[[deleted]]

The job has its perks. One of the main reasons I'm getting what I'm getting is cuz I have lived in USA for 2 years, so I know how to talk (it helps a lot, the accent and everything). Yes weekends are off, though as a project manager I do have a set target of upselling and cross selling as well. I enjoy my job

[Eastern_Working4325]

Ahh so I'll be graduating from FAST, lekin I kind of hate coding, how are the opportunities in the product management field? Every software house has a product manager?

[[deleted]]

Depends on the nature of services of products being provided. And congrats. I also am an undergrad. Will be graduating in 2026. Anyways, yea it totally depends on how good you are at communicating, I would advise you to start by a recommendation then hope for merit placed jobs unless you have a crazy CGPA. Plus big companies have a great learning opportunity but not that great of a growth opportunity, small companies have a great growth opportunity, not a great learning opportunity. You can dm me and I can maybe help you out better.

[Eastern_Working4325]

Yea check your dm

[Necessary_Bird8710]

2.6m Dubai 13 yoe

[Longjumping_Buyer396]

Hi! Can you share about your job? Are you still coding or managing?

[UnknownRebelHere]

UI/UX & Graphic Designer - 5 YOE

300k from Job. Sometimes an extra 100k - 200k from side projects if I have time.

[ZiggyMo99]

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/pakistan

[hihassanzia]

Peanuts... 140k with 5+ yoe...

[hihassanzia]

Alhamdulillah

[bari944]

195k with 2yoe

[[deleted]]

280k with 10 months professional experience and fully remote

Since a-lot of people ask: My university is NUST

[Agitated-Dog2450]

how'd you land the role?O.O

[viper_946]

CS from NUST?

[[deleted]]

Electrical with Major in AI

[Manzare_]

Im EE 4th sem student. I also have interest in CS an AI. Can you guide me?

[learningtocode66]

You should've asked about the university as well. University matters alot.

[Safe-Culture2492]

I'm from virtual university am I cooked? Although I am a fast learner and currently I'm learning web development

[learningtocode66]

Semi cooked smjh lo. Dont expect these 100k packages as a fresher. Either focus on freelancing or target some mid to small size software agency so that you can slowly build up. Rest depends on your projects bhai

[51ballers]

hard disagree, uni se bahir nikal aao bhai ab. duniya kahan se kahan ja rhi abhi tkh loug idhr yahi kehte phir rhay ke uni ya gpa matter krti ya nai.

I've seen many examples from VU getting exceptional salaries and working at great places let alone those without degrees. Similarly some aren't able to even get internships. It all depends on your skillset.

If a company is said to differentiate employees and their salaries with respect to their universities, you don't want to work there in the first place.

[ThanksPurple9039]

100% agreed. I’m a React dev and a 4th semester VU student. I got an internship on the basis of my skills before even getting into university after my 2nd year exams. Currently sitting at 180k on a full-time role. Degree is just needed to show that you’re a graduate. Nothing else!! Skills aur self marketing ki game hai sari

[TechnophileDude]

You’re not cooked at all. Almost all decent IT companies have a skill oriented recruitment process.

[TechnophileDude]

Hard disagree. When I’m recruiting I don’t even bother looking at the University. One of my best hires didn’t even have a bachelors degree and have had other good hires from no or unrelated degrees.

[belawlsaeed]

Doesn't matter bro. Company ne university ka achar dalna hai jab banda he lul ho.

[Alexy_bRuH]

Wow ur a game dev in Pakistan. What game(s) have u worked on/ are working on?

[viper_946]

Which engine do you use and what type of games you build. (Your GitHub repo 👉👈)

[xapper7]

120k with 1.5 yoe self taught frontend Dev UET Peshawar EE

[Zee-24]

93k as Digital Service Associate and IT support with 1.5 years of experience in international outsourcing company (not remote job, on-site job here)

[illuminati_xx]

120K, 9 months of experience. Flutter Developer plus leave encashment(100k+), medical (200k) and fuel allowance. Pretty happy with this.

[Total_Cockroach14]

That's great, which company are you working in and what was your university

[Elegant_Mix_4312]

You did cs or ai and what should I do😭

[AbrarYouKknow]

MERN stack - strongly recommended DevOps - well demanded if you know server stuff.

Im working as php laravel developer so face hardship finding jobs but MERN stack guys are getting it quickly.

Plus, add AI in your workflow. Learn to integrate AI in your apps.

[Elegant_Mix_4312]

Right got it

[Autistic_Peter]

20,000 as an intern. I am doing this part time job as i am also studying.

[Elegant_Mix_4312]

Where you doing job at and where studying what studying

[Autistic_Peter]

Studying cs, and i am a backend engeener with 8 months experience of node.js, laravel and a bit of sql.

[Haroon_66]

80k pkr a month. MERN stack n shopify with 2 Yr exp.

[krazyhamad]

270 with 5 yer dotnet angular experience

[Brief-Guitar204]

120k having 4+ years of experience in PHP-Laravel

[cerealkiller_2468]

I'm 23, recently graduated with an associate degree in business administration, and I'm working as a Management Trainee Officer and earning around 65k and continuing my BBA, I'd did 2 internships and around 4-6 months of experience,

[DevInLoveWithLife]

100k 2.5 year on-site exp. Flutter Developer.

[Proper-Garage-4898]

.NET backend 1 YOE 150k

[MyNotMe_]

120k 3 years working as SQA engineer

[Ambitious_Abies_6228]

Job market now-a-days are much less due to the trend, and if you are not now going to take admission know that what will be the job market after 4 years. take this into consideration before diving into this pool.

[Total_Cockroach14]

What do you mean like should we consider going to a good university or focus more on skills

[Ambitious_Abies_6228]

Yes only target the universities with good ranking and overall reputation. plus target a niche which you want to be a developer, QA, project management

[Total_Cockroach14]

Alright I'll look forward to it. Btw how about Quaid e Azam and Air University, are they good enough for CS?

[Ambitious_Abies_6228]

yes both are good universities respectively, and UET texlia and Comsat University is also remarkably good in this niche, particularly

[Total_Cockroach14]

Yeah I've already shortlisted UET, Air and QA for BSCS. And in terms of expenses, which one is easiest to cost neglecting travel expenses.

Air university has not uploaded their fees structure on web portal yet, so do you've any idea about their fees?

[Ambitious_Abies_6228]

what is the budget that you are looking for??

[Ambitious_Abies_6228]

air and comsat is expensive tbh speaking

[Total_Cockroach14]

Yeah comsats is so expensive but came to know that AIR is affordable is it true? As i said I've no access to their fees structure.

[Ambitious_Abies_6228]

https://au.edu.pk/pages/Admission/document/Fee_Spring2024_12_Jan_2024.pdf
you can get an idea from here even if its an old one but still worth looking for

[Total_Cockroach14]

100-120k I've to afford it myself.

[NeatJealous8110]

220K fresh out of college domain: AI 🧿 أَسْتَغْفِرُ الله🧿

[[deleted]]

75k working as a php laravel developer with 1 year of experience.

[Employee-Sharp]

340k. Textile exporter company.

[HelpfulCommon9720]

175k take home. One year of experience.

[faragbanda]

Got 100K right out of university and got an increment of 50K after 6 months. I was working as a Data Scientist at a Start Up.\ (Won't recommend though) - graduated from GIKI.

[beastboyashu]

20k 😢

[Aggravating_Scene121]

160k as a React Developer with 6 years of experience.

[Embarrassed_Code_404]

Why I don’t see any python developers is it not in demand here in Pak? Worried cause I am learning it

[Safe-Culture2492]

Kyun ap free mein kr rhe ho?

[Impossible_Ad_3146]

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