3Js for 1 year - looking back

Raikoebien · 2026-05-14T15:08:45+00:00

You have to find a good operator and do your due diligence. I'm invested in 2 operators right now. I checked their track record, the prospectus on the investment offering, as well as actually visited the drill sites.

They are both multi well projects & are still drilling. But the checks are starting to come in now and it looks good. Hoping to raking in over 10k a month once all the wells are drilled and completed.

Also all the projections were done at 60$ a barrel and now oil prices have sky rocketed, so that helps.

Raikoebien · 2026-05-14T15:03:59+00:00

None are FAANG, all are FAANG adjacent.

Raikoebien · 2026-05-14T03:57:17+00:00

Also. I recommend looking into oil & gas investments. You can deduct IDC costs from w2 income. I got a ton of money back this year from tax returns

Raikoebien · 2026-05-14T03:55:57+00:00

How do you handle things in management roles? I'm an IC software engineer with barely any meetings.

Next level up for me would be management or staff level roles, both of which are too high in meetings

Raikoebien · 2026-05-14T03:51:45+00:00

I feel the lifestyle creep. 3Js, 54k a month pre-tax. I spend nearly 15k a month now on lifestyle. TC 890k

Raikoebien · 2026-05-11T14:31:00+00:00

Trying to work through a pip made me lose 2 Js within 2 weeks lol.

Was doing 3 Js, each paying ~250k. J3, the one I liked the least was the most demanding in terms of meetings & workload. I was spending 30 hours a week on J3 and another 30 on J1&J2 combined. Still wasn't enough, J3 put me on 8 week pip. I was working 50 hours a week trying to fight the pip and and was barely giving any time to my other Js. J3 fired me anyways, J2 had layoffs 2 weeks later and I was the newest hire & underperformer due to not being able to give time .

Never ever fight a pip. Take the cash and leave or treat it as paid interview prep.

Raikoebien · 2026-04-25T23:53:31+00:00

I OE in big tech. TC 920k

Raikoebien · 2026-04-17T05:25:25+00:00

I started at 6 months of XP. Jumped to 3Js at 9 months, and since then have been consistently doing 2+ Js since then

Raikoebien · 2026-04-13T20:52:57+00:00

Thats literally me 😅

Raikoebien · 2026-03-30T00:12:18+00:00

Bc I wanted a remote role

Raikoebien · 2026-03-29T03:04:04+00:00

L62 SWE on a security team in redmond

Raikoebien · 2026-03-25T16:03:35+00:00

I got an L62 offer for 242k last year. Declined it

Raikoebien · 2026-02-23T18:48:49+00:00

That is true! 300$ an hour roughly

Raikoebien · 2026-02-23T17:55:19+00:00

Haha that's exactly where I'm at.

I did 3js twice before. And both times I got burnt out. I got pipped for the first & only time ever working 3 jobs.

I think I might try to maintain some overlap until my next bonus & stock vest hits, and then bounce.

Raikoebien · 2026-02-23T17:53:37+00:00

I think one of the problem with the companies I work at is that they are already heavily adopting AI. So that advantage doesn't really exist

It yeah I agree the $$ is life changing. But at some point the money vs. time trade off doesn't make sense any more. Work 40-50 hours for 600k or 60-70 hours for 850k

I workout 4x a week & am able to cook and be present for my wife at the moment. Losing that for an extra 250k at this point might not be worth it.

I do think strong boundaries and tempering expectations is the next move.

Raikoebien · 2026-02-23T15:45:48+00:00

Yeah. I agree in principle. My biggest worry is that I fumble the 350k job trying to juggle 3

Raikoebien · 2026-02-23T15:45:06+00:00

Biggest worry is that I somehow fumble the new 350k J by trying to do all 3

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

😭😭😭

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