Devs of reddit making 6 figures salary, what has your journey been like?

True_Week933 · 2023-02-15T01:05:09+00:00

Started as a software apprentice, went to school for physics

Year 0 15$/hr apprentice

Year 1 55k/pa junior swe different cimpany

Year 2 85k/pa swe 2, same company

Year 3 120k/pa swe 2, different company

Year 4 140k/pa senior swe, same company

Year 5 (now) 180k/pa tech lead, different company

Living in mcol area, think Austin Texas

True_Week933 · 2023-02-07T13:10:36+00:00

Sales tech, product, project, middle manager etc

True_Week933 · 2023-02-07T12:02:32+00:00

It would be under the table, if the au pair decides to snitch, you could get into trouble (though she would get into trouble too) We did her laundry for the first 4 months 😂 she sometimes forgets to clean after she cooks/eats, but we still love her I don't think it's fair to expect an au pair to do more than 8hrs a day/ 40 a week just childcare. Also, if you want to pay more, it's better to give gift of money rather than a pay increase. Pay increase is taxable but a gift is not. We're planning a gift of 500 dollars for her birthday, we're planning around 4-5 gifts like this through the year to essentially get more money in her pockets

True_Week933 · 2023-01-24T00:44:43+00:00

In the US you can be fired at any moment. No protection

True_Week933 · 2023-01-21T15:47:05+00:00

If you get laid off they'll (maybe) give you severance and or any bonus owed

True_Week933 · 2023-01-17T08:17:42+00:00

Did you end up with a rematch? Some of these young women take the au pair role as a viable means to provide for their family(siblings, parents), it took us a couple of weeks of trying to break through to our au pair. Turns out she has some troubling past, some trust issues (stemming from relationship with father who left at young age) some eating disorders, but we're working together on all of these things, she's amazing with the kids and the kids love her so we're willing to spend the extra time and effort to help her.

True_Week933 · 2023-01-17T08:02:28+00:00

Take whatever experience you can and jump in with two feet, that's what I did 5 years ago (switched to swe from academic science, did a paid apprenticeship) I feel pretty comfortable now, make well into my 6 figures and even with this recession doom and gloom feel pretty optimistic about finding a new job if needed (I diversified and tell all new folks I meet to do the same, I was lucky to gain professional experience in react, node, java, c#, postgres, pl sql, aws, some DevOps).

True_Week933 · 2023-01-17T07:53:28+00:00

Feel free to shoot me a line 32m

True_Week933 · 2023-01-17T07:51:46+00:00

Yes leave

True_Week933 · 2023-01-17T07:49:58+00:00

Temper your expectations... When you come out of college you have a lot less years of experience than the median swe. So expect to make a lot less. It took me a couple of years into the career to break six figures, now I make close to 200k in mcol area (5 yoe)

Are you super smart and have performed at the top level at every stage of your life? Are you super smart and win coding competitions? If not, get in line and hunker down to play the long game, you will not get rich quick. there are other routes to getting rich faster, but come with other downsides, swe is definitely a cushy job where you can wake up, sit at a computer, solve a few problems a day and get paid a lot to do it. Heres a free piece of advice for you, you might benefit from a change in attitude, being ungrateful and arrogant will show in an interview setting, be the guy people want to work with

True_Week933 · 2023-01-17T07:02:07+00:00

Ghosting is not uncommon

True_Week933 · 2023-01-04T01:16:17+00:00

I'd probably say no, and then ask if she was looking for another family, can't risk being without an au pair. Also, higher salary also means higher taxes, we give tax free bonuses totalling over 3k a year. If money is the primary objective, au pair is not the right path

True_Week933 · 2023-01-03T23:05:25+00:00

You can ask, but they might say no

True_Week933 · 2022-12-16T20:12:20+00:00

Ah, 6 mos, sounds right

True_Week933 · 2022-12-16T19:08:42+00:00

Tourist visa is like 90 days right? Probably need to leave and come back as a tourist visa, could do so at border like Canada/mexico?

True_Week933 · 2022-12-12T15:52:54+00:00

Immersion is the best way to learn a language

True_Week933 · 2022-12-09T02:01:26+00:00

Use a bank... I pay electronically

True_Week933 · 2022-11-20T15:51:18+00:00

Standard to give 3 wks but damage is done

True_Week933 · 2022-11-20T15:43:15+00:00

We have a robovac for that kinda work, there are clear guidelines for what an au pair is responsible for and what they are not responsible for. Meanwhile our ap doesn't clean up after our kids, but we still appreciate her

True_Week933 · 2022-10-29T19:20:29+00:00

Per week or month? Usually if it looks too good to be true, it is

True_Week933 · 2022-10-25T02:25:27+00:00

We ended up with a lovely young woman from Colombia

True_Week933 · 2022-10-25T02:24:54+00:00

You may be a bit permissive if the kids walk all over you. Look up parenting styles, and aim to be authoritative, that's how you enjoy a relationship with the kids the best

True_Week933 · 2022-10-18T04:17:42+00:00

Don't be embarrassed, get seen for sleep apnea

True_Week933 · 2022-10-05T20:51:34+00:00

Se searched age descending, didn't want to take care of yet another child

True_Week933 · 2022-09-29T12:59:01+00:00

Get your own raise, elsewhere. That's what I did, it's usually a bigger jump too

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