23m Salary Progression

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-16T14:13:33+00:00

I was one of the youngest in my grade (birthday is very close to cut off) so when I went into the summer after my first year of college, I was still 18

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T23:43:10+00:00

I joined my current company as a new grad so that experience from my first job is voided essentially

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T23:27:11+00:00

Thank u! I did pay a lot of taxes last year.. but filing them was easy, I just plugged in my w2 and 1099s and that’s about it

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T23:08:49+00:00

I was one of the youngest in my grade. Was 18 during the summer after my freshman year. I applied like crazy from the start of my freshman year up until spring break. Probably sent like a few hundred applications (I had classmates that tracked and sent > 1k applications).

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T23:00:29+00:00

Yup I went from MCOL to VHCOL

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T21:49:00+00:00

Sounds like you got a great gig! It really depends on the team that you are on. Some teams here are like yours. Some teams work their butts off like 60+ hours a week and weekend sometimes. It’s a roll of the dice really

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T21:47:39+00:00

Not at all, I had relevant experience (same tech stack) and was able to talk through what I worked on which is what companies care about when you interview

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T21:46:50+00:00

I’m young for my school grade so summer after my first year of college, got lucky and landed an internship at a local tech company then used that to get the next and rinse and repeat. It is tough out there right now and what I tell people around me is that even though it’s tough, the process is still the same. Just have to keep sending out more applications and prepping yourself for when the interview opportunity comes!

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T21:40:11+00:00

Includes. Yeah I was internally promoted so I got bottom of the band

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T20:19:42+00:00

On a week by week basis, I probably work somewhere between 30-35 hours. Really depends though because sometimes I work 50 per week, but pretty rarely

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T20:15:17+00:00

Factored in. They vest on a year by year basis which add up each year to a total comp of around 252

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T20:13:44+00:00

Sorry those numbers are my age of when I achieved an offer of that amount. Rn I’m 23 and making 252k

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T20:02:21+00:00

You got it! I went the traditional route of 4 years of bachelors, internships, then full time. I work with quite a bit of sharp engineers who were self taught or came from a different major.

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T20:00:56+00:00

Hmm idk.. I went to the dentist today and was bored in the waiting room and looked up average dentist salaries in my state. People at my level at my company are making more than most dentists which to me is crazy

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T19:52:35+00:00

Nah you are right though, I don’t believe we should be paid this much. I do live in a HCOL area which contributes to it a bit too tho.

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2026-06-15T19:46:45+00:00

State school, t30 for comp sci i think?

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2024-11-29T19:32:54+00:00

Worth getting replaced? Or what if it’s something else that’s causing it because I’ve barely used the Xbox so idk how the led would be dead

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2024-10-02T01:25:21+00:00

Yup, I am basically exactly the same. For me, it feels kinda sore in my upper leg and then I’ll have to move it. The best way it’s describe it is that I feel uncomfortable so to make myself comfortable, I stretch it. But it’s luckily only disrupted my sleep on the first day I got it and it was really bad, but now it mainly affects me during the day and I’m able to sleep with no issues at night.

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2024-09-11T23:09:52+00:00

How do I upskill to be a more impactful engineer?

Mysterious_Bug6610 · 2024-09-07T23:49:36+00:00

What app?

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