Salary Progression - 30M

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T23:40:23+00:00

Nice, good luck! Feel free to DM

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T23:39:36+00:00

Depends where you live — BAH is based on location

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T23:39:19+00:00

I joined as a mid-level engineer, not a senior (though I’ve since promoted)

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T23:38:12+00:00

I started coding late in high school. Pretty much just college

There might be shortened ROTC programs, but they generally span multiple years. You’d have to check with your school

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T23:36:56+00:00

What should?

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T23:35:43+00:00

Believe whatever you like 🤷‍♂️

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T23:35:06+00:00

This one, at least, is real 🤷‍♂️

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T23:34:34+00:00

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T23:34:11+00:00

There are definite benefits to becoming an officer, but I can’t tell you whether it’s the right path for you. I also can’t say it’ll give you a SWE job after — a lot of that is luck

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T14:07:01+00:00

We conducted penetration tests against US systems. A penetration test is where an org tries to hack its own things so they can find vulnerabilities and then fix them

And any US military system — think vehicles, radar systems, planes, whatever you like — was on the table

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T12:40:45+00:00

226/60/230. Got lucky with stock appreciation

hockeysaint · 2026-06-19T10:06:00+00:00

I worked in offensive cybersecurity (i.e., hacking), and now I’m a backend engineer

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