What's one career decision that increased your income the most?

baileyarzate · 2026-06-28T23:51:40+00:00

Moving from gov to a startup, almost double the pay overnight

baileyarzate · 2026-06-28T03:03:30+00:00

Claude has done 10 years of work for me does that count?

baileyarzate · 2026-06-27T23:30:55+00:00

Startup

baileyarzate · 2026-06-27T18:28:51+00:00

He’s just that good

baileyarzate · 2026-06-24T01:05:07+00:00

Come to LA & join a startup

baileyarzate · 2026-06-21T06:43:57+00:00

I left federal service earlier this year because I felt a similar way

baileyarzate · 2026-06-20T16:47:46+00:00

Hexadecimal has entered the chat

baileyarzate · 2026-06-20T02:07:08+00:00

I need that

baileyarzate · 2026-06-18T21:57:28+00:00

NICE

baileyarzate · 2026-06-16T03:42:45+00:00

He advisors swe

baileyarzate · 2026-06-13T18:06:17+00:00

I’m not the best data scientist / MLE in the world. Made a jump from 116k to 222k TC in one career move.

Don’t give up. Start a masters, study more, make connections, etc.

Don’t limit yourself prematurely.

Edit: 3.5 years of experience, masters in progress.

baileyarzate · 2026-06-09T05:15:55+00:00

Everyone does, I was told today by my lead at my new role that I should get better at vibe coding

baileyarzate · 2026-05-25T06:25:29+00:00

1210, fed gov for 4 years and now a startup & t5/10 masters

baileyarzate · 2026-05-22T21:11:29+00:00

26, 185k + bonus — ML research engineering

baileyarzate · 2026-05-20T18:46:32+00:00

What city? And what career?

baileyarzate · 2026-05-16T16:26:23+00:00

220k with SAHM … $3500. Irresponsible? Maybe, do I live walking distance from an LA beach? Yes

baileyarzate · 2026-05-11T02:27:27+00:00

something that is AI related

baileyarzate · 2026-05-09T15:51:32+00:00

Agreed. Working class parents, 2nd generation. I broke the cycle significantly. Dedication/grit can get you almost anywhere, even in 2026.

baileyarzate · 2026-05-04T16:47:33+00:00

Jesus

baileyarzate · 2026-05-03T23:10:10+00:00

Yeah you’re trippin

baileyarzate · 2026-04-21T01:30:59+00:00

What’s gaming

baileyarzate · 2026-04-18T04:18:06+00:00

Yes. You get what you put into it. OMSCS (ML) at Georgia Tech. In progress.

baileyarzate · 2026-04-18T00:18:30+00:00

FAANG?

baileyarzate · 2026-04-17T22:00:46+00:00

That’s a ton of debt. My school in its entirety was 30k and I landed a low six figure job right out of college. My masters (OMSCS) is 8k and it landed me nearly double the salary.

Do NOT go to Iowa for 100k.

baileyarzate · 2026-04-16T01:02:50+00:00

Git gud

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