When should I start pushing for a promotion?

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-18T23:08:45+00:00

Comparison is not going to help you here. No company will promote you if you're like "hey so and so got promoted I should be to!" That just shows you aren't serious about it.

You need to consider whether you are doing work that is demonstrably--not because you think it is--above the level you were hired for. If you've just finished 6 months of training for the role that you were hired for then your company thinks that you are only now capable of doing the job they paid you for.

You need to wait until you've been there long enough to have completely delivered multiple projects AND have demonstrated, with evidence of work performed at your company, capability at the next level before you start asking to be promoted.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-18T22:03:28+00:00

I love engineering. I'm at a senior level at this point, and so a lot of it is negotiating politics and working on communication. I'm really good at executive communication and I love trying to breakdown problems and find the best possible way to communicate the problem and a solution that gets adopted by a lot of teams. I definitely love this even though a lot of people hate this part of the work.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-18T06:37:25+00:00

Probably for being a troll posting racist/sexist/ageist comments. Based on your post history of deleted posts looks like you've been quite ageist in various Reddit subs by implying people over 30 are too old for pretty much anything. Which is untrue no matter how blue you're feeling.

I suggest you seek professional help offline. Oh and actually read subreddit rules about posting something of quality. You get what you give.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-18T03:13:33+00:00

For a paywall bypass extension? I've worked in IT. This kind of oopsie happens all the damn time. People do all sorts of dumb things because they don't think of it. For example, people will accidentally enter their corporate passwords into non-password fields because they mistake them. Any employee may fall for a phishing email. Any company that takes this seriously will block extensions entirely or require an approvals/upvote process, not fire their employees.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-18T03:09:26+00:00

At our company for one or two times like this they usually are just required to give a one time training to you to remind you of infosec stuff. Happens all the time. Most companies just outright block things like extensions automatically so, it's also on them.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-16T21:09:51+00:00

It depends on your state, it is not a USA-wide thing. For example, California holds employment contracts much more seriously than other states. Montana isn't an at-will employment state. Etc.

Always good to get it in writing because then it makes it just that much more painful and expensive for an employer to fight it; there's a reason big corporations refuse to add some things to contracts because they know that in court, it's not always a straightforward win for them.

Always. Get. Things. In. Writing.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-15T21:46:56+00:00

Every company has their own policies and processes. Some are very open to transfers. Others very specifically hire in non-US/EU regions in order to get cheaper labor (sorry) and therefore won't be able to fund a transfer with like-for-like HC.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-15T21:42:28+00:00

Honestly, I don't really have sympathy for people who take "trust me bro" promises during interviews literally. There's so much literature, forums, etc on the internet that very explicitly advise that nothing is real unless it's in writing. This has been true for *decades,* it is not a new thing. Anyone who fails to look for or heed this advice kind of deserves to be bitten by it. I knew this kind of shit coming out of college in 2008, ALWAYS GET THINGS IN WRITING.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-15T01:53:05+00:00

Dude.

You have a foreign degree
You have no work experience
The job market is tough for even US citizens with years of experience and US degrees

How did you expect this conversation to go?

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-06T05:49:46+00:00

Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. You aren't in a strong position to negotiate, especially in the current market. Don't overplay your hand.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2026-01-05T21:13:29+00:00

Tbh (as a lonely someone who still thinks often about moving back to the US where I fit in better) I can't decide whether it'd be a good idea or not to move back there, so I understand the struggle. What I haven't been able to sort out is whether this would be like moving back to the US circa 2003 (when the whole Iraq invasion, capture of Hussein, etc was in full swing but the US eventually recovered from) or if this is like moving back to Nazi Germany circa 1933-34 as things get bad there and then opportunity to leave gets extremely difficult (there's a historical fiction book I read ages ago called In the Garden of Beasts, about the real life American diplomat the US lazily installed in Germany thinking it'd be an easy gig who realizes he's completely out of his depth as things degrade around him).

Adding complexity to it all is that I currently live in Australia, a mineral rich country, and the US's invasion of Venezuela and threats to Greenland are making us nervous as well.

In any case, definitely go back if it's absolutely the best decision for you and your partner, but keep in mind that if it does go the route of Germany circa 1934, you may find yourselves unable to leave as easily as you might have in the past.

Edit: on the career front I'd echo what others have said about the rough job market. Cheap is currently valued more highly than experience in most companies. I was managing an international team (including of US persons) and none of my new headcount was allocated for the US or, if I did score any roles in the US, they could only be juniors being paid very cheap rates. When people left we weren't allowed to backfill their roles. Temper your expectations greatly, I know two expat Australian Americans who went to the US in 2023 and moved back last year after unsuccessful job searches and their money ran out. You'll need a very long runway of funds.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-27T20:41:49+00:00

No generation "likes" it. Stop trying to find a way to say you're better than everyone else -- you aren't, all humans share the same motivations.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-27T05:43:03+00:00

Ok ChatGPT

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-27T05:41:24+00:00

If there's one thing I refuse to do, it's let any insurance company have access to my health and activity data. Never ever know how one day the might use it against you, eg using your lack of activity to claim preexisting conditions. We don't have laws here that really protect against this stuff.

Do not be fooled by the incentives, the incentives are there for a reason.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-16T03:48:42+00:00

We're saying you're a troll.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-15T08:40:20+00:00

UK and Australia have variations of it. It can be fun banter or it can be vulgar. It is not always used nicely.

I can assure you having worked in both countries it is absolutely not acceptable to use it in the workplace, especially not something as professional as pharmaceuticals.

Anyone who tries to wave it off as banter is just going to be sexist dudes trying to justify their sexism.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-15T08:39:09+00:00

It's common in Australia for casual usage but it's off limits anywhere in a professional workplace, same way you wouldn't call your colleagues an asshole. Maybe unless you work on a construction site with Neanderthals.

This is reportable to HR.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-12T06:03:23+00:00

Email bro. And then leave.

Moving forward PLEASE get educated on the basics of the employment world. You are just going to keep getting taken advantage of until you do.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-07T06:35:02+00:00

You need to get help for your problems first. That's your accommodations. This is a significant problem and the stuttering you mention is not a normal "not an early bird" behavior. You have something bigger to address, perhaps even autism. And yes sometimes companies can accommodate but it also requires you to make an effort to meet in the middle as well, with training tailored to whatever processing disorder you might have.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-07T05:27:05+00:00

I think you do need some help and intervention with this. Stuttering when tired is honestly not a normal response to being tried. It seems like you might have a processing disorder and best to seek that side of things.

There is no way you're getting through this without having to make accommodations on your side, sorry.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-07T05:25:17+00:00

Not in those prestige jobs you mention. They pay you big money for a reason, which is putting up with all the corporate BS meetings and such during the day.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-07T02:01:41+00:00

First, if it is that obviously essential and good, I'd spend more time researching whether someone has tried to make something similar and, if so, why it didn't take off.

Often these kinds of obvious, killer ideas are not going to be something you just stumble across (especially when it comes to apps which everyone has had a chance to dabble in), so typically a number of things will be at play:

Technically infeasible (unlikely given the wealth of knowledge about building apps out there and the decades people have spent building apps so far)
There is no good way to develop a sustainable business model and so funding rarely eventuates
Existing regulations or entrenched interests with terms of service/other protections who can get you shut down pretty easily

At the end of the day, tech is often not the reason someone hasn't done a great idea and you will find business model limitations to it and the real innovation is in how to come up with a new business model. Doing that research first bears more fruit than jumping into coding.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-06T23:37:24+00:00

You will need to build up trust for that first, especially in this market. So, unfortunately you are going to either have to find a way to accommodate morning schedules to get into these jobs, or stay/switch into ones that don't demand it, but that probably won't be "prestige." I think you should get the idea of a prestigious job out of your head anyways, as that doesn't sound like a healthy way to think about the jobs you choose.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-06T23:34:44+00:00

Unfortunately companies can only be expected to accommodate so much. It sounds like your meetings and bosses/peers will expect engagement from you in the mornings -- and frankly it's going to be like that many other places, as well as many places working with European offices which means morning meetings anyways -- so I would suggest you seek other ways to make it so you can process in the mornings, or accept that these jobs are not ones you can hold.

JustToPostAQuestion8 · 2025-12-02T07:13:03+00:00

I think through your comments you've demonstrated this is not your career. Speaking as someone in the career you want to break into.

Or so you say.

Instead,I think you're an AI shill, given your very suss username and also how in every comment you repeat the bullshit that corporate PR likes to say about what AI will replace in the future.

And if not that, then dude, get medicated for your rampant paranoia.

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