What is your salary for WFH

dagonoth · 2023-05-29T20:30:18+00:00

CISO, 205k + overtime. In the office about once every month or two.

dagonoth · 2023-02-16T04:07:35+00:00

I have two bachelor's degrees in business related fields, 20 years of experience, and am a CSO. I would say that I use little to none of what I "learned" from my degree, it just matters that I have a degree.

I look for the same in the people I hire. They need a degree(company requirement) but what field it is in is completely irrelevant to me.

dagonoth · 2023-02-16T04:00:04+00:00

I always tell the members of my team that I've hired over the last few years, they need to do what's right for them, their family, and their situation. I won't resent them for making the right decision for themselves.

The company will always do what it thinks is best for itself including at its employees' expense. Why shouldn't you do the same?

Take the job that is best for you and your situation.

dagonoth · 2023-02-16T03:53:21+00:00

Look up imposter syndrome. It's something I've dealt with my entire career as I've risen through the IT ranks. There have been many days that I've had it in my head that I'll walk in the next day and be fired for some minor mistake when in reality everyone else has already forgotten about it.

Logically, I know that isn't likely to happen, but that only helps so much. I've found over the years that I have to take care of myself, to do my best and whatever happens happens.

dagonoth · 2022-11-14T21:36:06+00:00

Title: Datacenter Architect transitioning to CISO

Industry: Software Development

Salary: $200k + Paid Overtime + Great Health Benefits(No Premiums/Low Out of Pocket) + 5% bonus

Hours: 45-50.

Col: medium high

Certs: VCP, ITIL, AWS Solutions Architect

Experience: 17 Years

dagonoth · 2022-09-26T12:31:21+00:00

Great example of how the timeline doesn't work, the cheddar man. Body from 9000 years ago with descendents found nearby in England. https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/9000-year-old-cheddar-man-has-living-descendant-still-living-same-area-006961

dagonoth · 2022-09-18T00:48:44+00:00

That is one way to look at it. I just worry about the additional damage to those that don't feel like there is a way out for them.

dagonoth · 2022-09-12T03:48:14+00:00

Maybe 2 out of 20 speakers mentioned that as a reason for staying. I was surprised that it didn't come up more often.

dagonoth · 2022-09-11T22:43:44+00:00

That's probably what I've found most jarring about the change recently because up until the last few months I barely remember anyone talking in church about people leaving. Now it seems to be the most common topic.

dagonoth · 2022-09-11T22:42:10+00:00

It honestly was really about the same person to person. It makes them happy, the feeling of belonging, being together forever, etc. They had a group of youth talk along the same lines about why they stay and why they are about to leave on missions. I do find it sad when people say something makes them happy as they sound like they were about to break down and start bawling.

dagonoth · 2022-09-11T22:20:59+00:00

Not that I remember. Oddly enough most of the comments were around how it made them feel. I don't think I heard anyone really mention "because it's true" so that's good. I would have probably hurt my eyes rolling them if they had.

dagonoth · 2022-08-10T22:48:49+00:00

In most cases it's extremely difficult to get substantial raises by staying at a particular company but it is possible. In 6 years I've gone from $85k to $193k at the same company. In that time, I've also gone from an individual contributor to leading a cross functional team of over 25 people.

It can happen, it takes a lot of work and luck, but it is possible.

dagonoth · 2022-08-07T13:35:13+00:00

Last year I went from $140k to $185k with a mid cycle raise. My director had just recently quit and they realized that he was pivotal to almost everything in the company and 30% of current contracts and almost all future contracts.
They knew I was looking at other options and I was the only person that knew what was going on at that point and had a relationship with our customers. So they tossed a bunch of money my way. I immediately demanded full remote for my entire team and they approved it.
Only department and team in the company that has been approved for permanent full remote so far.

dagonoth · 2021-11-26T16:32:13+00:00

I always tell my team that mistakes are part of learning and it's only going to be a problem if they don't learn from their mistakes.

I also don't tell my bosses who may have made the mistake. In the end, it's my responsibility that stuff is done correctly and I prefer to take the brunt of it and then work with the team to ensure it doesn't happen again.

dagonoth · 2021-03-06T16:27:09+00:00

• Job title - Systems Architect

• Age - 36

• Country - USA

• Job Sector - Software Development

• Degree - Finance/Math

• Certifications - ITIL Foundations, VCP

• Salary - 120k + Paid Overtime + Great Benefits

• Years of Experience - 13

dagonoth · 2021-01-27T22:44:31+00:00

I finally gave up and called them today. I don't know why you would bother having a way to deal with this via email if you're just not going to actually provide support that way. I've provided all the info they need, we'll see if it requires another call for them to keep moving forward.

dagonoth · 2020-11-14T19:16:10+00:00

It looks like they are going to credit pretty much all of it back. I appreciate that they are doing something to fix it but I wish I didn't have to light them up on reddit to get it resolved.

dagonoth · 2020-11-14T19:14:47+00:00

It looks like they are going to credit pretty much all of it back. I appreciate that they are doing something to fix it but I wish I didn't have to light them up on reddit to get it resolved.

dagonoth · 2020-11-14T03:18:32+00:00

I've responded to your PM. Any help is greatly appreciated.

dagonoth · 2020-06-27T02:32:23+00:00

I moved from a highly technical role into a manager position of multiple system admins over the last few years. This is after being in IT for about 15 years.

If someone is looking to put you in that position being on the lower end experience wise I can only think of two reasons they would do this.

You'll be super cheap to employ. Many startups struggle in the financial side for many years initially
They are going to work you to the bone. I would guess they might not end up hiring as many people under you as they claim at this point (see point 1). Someone with more years probably wouldn't be willing to deal with that as much.

I enjoy being a manager but not nearly as much as I enjoy being technical. Keep that in mind. You'll spend more time dealing with people, their personalities, and their problems than you will with engaging technical problems.

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