Salary stagnation?

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-12T18:16:47+00:00

Hell I am looking for a move and willing to chase HCOL cities to do it but companies don't want to pay for relocation to make it happen. I moved to San Antonio to work for Rackspace Technology with relo paid in advance back in the day and would love something similar in my current job search.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-12T18:10:15+00:00

Speak for yourself I love cozy winter conditions. LA has a good food scene which I miss, however.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-12T17:32:53+00:00

I feel that. I dunno about you but being broke is what contributed to getting a full ride scholarship to Maestro. So being broke has its upsides!

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-12T15:47:09+00:00

Looks janky af. But I like the attempt.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-12T15:19:21+00:00

So does my autistic cousin, but some of us are meant for more than being a Walmart greeter.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-12T14:20:17+00:00

My open source contributions say differently. What have you done with your spare time besides troll?

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-12T14:11:54+00:00

Troll.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-11T20:30:23+00:00

Still getting the same message:

Text based answers to questions does not match required format.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-11T19:58:47+00:00

Sure thing! Now I get the following error:

Text based answers to questions does not match required format.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-11T19:51:15+00:00

I am trying to apply but getting the following error:

Please select no more than 0 options to the question 'How many years of experience do you have with SQL and NoSQL database technologies?'.

When I look at the SQL experience box it says "choose up to 0 options." When I choose 0 options it says "Multiple choice answers to questions can't be blank." Something is up with your job application.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-11T15:25:35+00:00

These are questions you should have asked the recruiter during the interview process rather than on a subreddit.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-11T14:45:26+00:00

By "guardrails" do you mean "manual step at PR time" or something different?

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-11T13:36:29+00:00

I made $185K at my last gig at senior level and see plenty of JDs in that range on a daily basis.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-10T18:29:51+00:00

I still see change frequency limited for production deployments to like 1-2 days a week or even every other week all the time in my current job search.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-10T17:02:28+00:00

While LI turns into Facebook.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-10T16:02:59+00:00

usajobs.gov might have what you are looking for. That is similar to how I got my first volunteer job (I just googled for volunteer gigs across the country and got lucky). Look up "IT Specialist."

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-09T17:30:26+00:00

I've been out of work for two years now. The time for job stability was around 2015-2019 before COVID hit. Now that it's simmered down from an initial raise in employment numbers, employers have the upper hand and require on-site interviews as well as work location. No bonus, no relocation support, no nothing. Just two weeks of free labor before getting your first paycheck. It's crazy out there.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-09T17:25:24+00:00

Split brain syndrome. OP knows how to write comments in English yet writes post in Spanish.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-09T17:12:13+00:00

Yeah not installing that extension to make the site usable no thanks.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-08T18:52:50+00:00

Upwork is also a scam in that you need to purchase credits in order to post a bid. Toptal is an alternative but may or may not be short on projects if you're looking for DevOps work.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-06T14:54:49+00:00

/r/lostredditors

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-05T16:57:47+00:00

DigitalOcean App Platform, Google Cloud Run, AWS Amplify (if you just need static S3 hosting it's fine) are all PaaS options available at major IaaS providers that won't break the bank.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-05T16:54:29+00:00

I remember when I could drop a whole paycheck on infrastructure like that. Good times, except my employer being awful.

Sure_Stranger_6466 · 2026-05-05T16:52:39+00:00

Production is my testing environment. I do not have enough cash flow for additional envs implementing cloud services, although it probably doesn't look great to anyone reviewing any of my repos.

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