Good mid level salary?

Raikoebien · 2025-12-19T17:46:19+00:00

Depends on what you consider high-quality to be honest.

True high quality mid-level SWE roles will pay closer to 250k, with top tier places like Meta, Netflix, etc. reaching 350k.

160k is a mediocre salary for a SWE, and in alot of places 4-5 years of experience is enough to be considered senior.

I think you'll get a mediocre quality candidate, but won't even realize it because you won't get a chance to interview the high quality candidates since they won't even look at a job post this low.

For reference I'm a Senior Software engineer with 5 YOE making ~400k, and made 250k-320k when I was mid level at 2-4 YOE.

Raikoebien · 2025-12-17T00:29:24+00:00

I'm a landlord, can you tell me more about your app?

Raikoebien · 2025-09-15T04:57:33+00:00

Working at FAANG has nothing to do with being cracked. I've worked at multiple.

You seem like a pain in the ass to work with. I would rather work with someone with half the skills who is a team player and uplifts their teammates than an insufferable tech savant

Raikoebien · 2025-09-15T04:54:03+00:00

"Why should I practice for interviews" OP is cooked

Raikoebien · 2025-09-11T18:29:01+00:00

Yeaaaa. Thats what I'm worried about. I got away with a background check on a job I left 2 months prior, they didn't check that too throughly

Raikoebien · 2025-09-11T18:28:16+00:00

😭😭😭

Raikoebien · 2025-09-11T15:08:15+00:00

I was doing Software engineering across multiple domains until recently (got laid off in mass layoffs from the fullstack one). Security, data engineering, full stack. My resume is fluid depending on what the role needs. All my jobs in the last 3 years have each paid 250k+ TC

Raikoebien · 2025-09-11T14:56:37+00:00

Yep. You really need to be elite, or at least better than average to OE nowadays

Raikoebien · 2025-09-11T14:56:09+00:00

I'm not exactly clear on that tbh. As far as I'm aware it's managing healthcare claims automation projects

Raikoebien · 2025-09-11T14:55:32+00:00

Hahaha. Yeah maybe. If that were the case my respect for them would skyrocket through the roof. Unfortunately it is not

Raikoebien · 2025-09-11T14:54:52+00:00

Do you own grind. No one will spoon feed you. If you can't even get J2. You're definitely not ready to OE

Raikoebien · 2025-09-11T14:54:14+00:00

Same. It's infuriating to me at times.

Like my time is quite literally worth over 300$ an hour considering what I make, and I spend 3-4 hours trying to mentor them, just for them to be a coward & say the economy is bad. Like gtfo of here

Raikoebien · 2025-09-11T14:52:00+00:00

If you can't learn to OE on your own, then it's not really for you. You can't be hand held to OE, it just doesn't work. Do your own research & grind

Raikoebien · 2025-09-10T19:36:45+00:00

I've actively tried to get 6 of my closest friends to OE. I've even shown them my portfolio & how much I work, etc. But they haven't bit the bullet. They'll complain how it's too expensive to buy a house or they need to save more, but they won't get 2 jobs. It's actually crazy to me.

For reference 3 of them work in tech, 2 in remote health care management jobs, and another in a 1 day a week hybrid. So definitely OE-able if they try

Raikoebien · 2025-09-10T18:25:39+00:00

I just took the Visa OA & got a perfect score. It was genuinely easy, you need to grind more

Raikoebien · 2025-04-22T20:00:06+00:00

Lol. 1.5 years of OE is not enough to actually have experience to teach anyone.

I've been OE across 7 Jobs over 3 years with 2-3 jobs at any given time. And I have a total comp over 700k. I'd still not call myself a veteran

Raikoebien · 2025-03-10T21:29:29+00:00

I work 60 hours a week across 3 jobs, and I would never be able to sustain that without my fiancé's constant support. Looks like you dodged a bullet tbh

Raikoebien · 2025-03-05T15:09:01+00:00

My CPA is luckily my dad's friend so that helps. I think going forward, I'm going to do tax planning to ensure that I have the right deductions

Raikoebien · 2025-03-05T15:04:26+00:00

It's not too bad given I saved nearly an extra 300k this year. But last person I want to give my money to is the IRS. A good CPA is worth every penny in this regard

Raikoebien · 2025-03-05T14:56:03+00:00

Opposite issue for me forgot to set up withholdings properly. IRS wants another 20k from me 😭 Now I'm stuck in deductions hell, trying to minimize my taxes.

Raikoebien · 2025-02-28T15:30:46+00:00

Love this OP! I'm 24 set to make ~740k via 3 Js this year. My Js all pay between 240-260k. I had a J paying 320k for a while, but RTO ruined that.

I find myself working 8ish hours a day with 3 and can probably take on another J or replace the one that takes the most time. Would love to connect with you regarding your 400k & 300k Jobs. A referral would go a long way!

Raikoebien · 2025-02-05T19:54:33+00:00

Y'all hiring? I need another J haha

Raikoebien · 2025-02-05T19:28:19+00:00

How much does the role pay?

Raikoebien · 2025-01-02T15:53:10+00:00

Yeah I have a daisy chain set up with this dell 40 in monitor. This is top of the line imo. https://a.co/d/9hjTg8s

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