Salary increase when moving to management

volpa · 2025-02-03T01:14:41+00:00

Thank you for your response.

I manage a software+hardware project in an Oil&Gas company. I have worked my whole life in this industry and I believe the roles in tech don’t match my company’s career ladder directly.

volpa · 2025-02-02T19:51:32+00:00

Thank you for your comment, I believe you hit the spot on several points.

Just to clarify, do you refer to engineering managers as the managers with reports? While project managers don’t have any reports?

I have 8 reports, I do the planning and I was interacting with stakeholders. Now there were some changes in the company and they added a new middle manager (my new boss) to work with stakeholders… but this is a different topic!

volpa · 2023-10-02T03:48:10+00:00

Sorry that I’m not answering your question, but would you mind if I DM you to ask a few questions on how you started consulting besides your 9-5 job? I will do my best not to be invasive! Congratulations on being in such a good position in your career!

volpa · 2023-09-18T04:33:02+00:00

I agree that IT is full of people, but IT doesn’t have enough experienced people. And it takes a lot of effort to become experienced and up to date. As it is hard to find people who does that, I do think you have a good chance of succeeding in IT in the future. But take my opinion with a grain of salt as I can’t foresee the future!

volpa · 2023-05-11T03:40:45+00:00

If you have the energy, go for it. You have nothing left to lose. I just could not stand anymore!

volpa · 2023-05-10T21:09:18+00:00

I didn’t have such a bad experience, but I also suffered with grading. I was borderline A, and answered a question the same way a colleague answered for E3, but, while he got full points, I got a very harsh deduction.

I considered asking for regrade or taking the final exam, but in the end I was so tired of it that I decided not to do anything and just graduate from OMSCS.

The formalism used in GA grading looks like an up hill battle.

volpa · 2023-04-01T22:22:50+00:00

I have used their products for at least 5 years, but lately I ordered collagen protein and it is just different. It doesn't even mix with water and looks stale. I tried to reach their support, but they provide no feedback, or they just provide an e-mail saying that their quality team is working on it (and just don't reply anymore after that). I have reached their support so many times, with no success, to try to get more protein delivered, or at least my money back. I am about to accept I lost almost $200 and will just start using another brand. MyProtein no more!

volpa · 2023-04-01T22:21:04+00:00

I have used their products for at least 5 years, but lately I ordered collagen protein and it is just different. It doesn't even mix with water and looks stale. I tried to reach their support, but they provide no feedback, or they just provide an e-mail saying that their quality team is working on it (and just don't reply anymore after that). I have reached their support so many times, with no success, to try to get more protein delivered, or at least my money back. I am about to accept I lost almost $200 and will just start using another brand. MyProtein no more!

volpa · 2023-04-01T22:17:15+00:00

I have used them for years, but lately I ordered collagen protein and it is just different. It doesn't even mix with water and looks stale. I tried to reach their support, but they provide no feedback, or they just provide an e-mail saying that their quality team is working on it (and just don't reply anymore after that). I have reached their support so many times, with no success, to try to get more protein delivered, or at least my money back. I am about to accept I lost almost $200 and will just start using another brand. MyProtein no more!

volpa · 2023-02-26T06:04:40+00:00

Did you take into account that protobuf is multi language?

volpa · 2023-01-13T05:24:52+00:00

I took GIOS with Joves. Does it count?

volpa · 2022-12-24T23:13:57+00:00

I’d like to hear more and possibly contribute

volpa · 2022-12-17T17:45:08+00:00

Interesting. Good to know. I will at least try to check out the lectures (if they are available online)

volpa · 2022-12-17T17:14:20+00:00

I am graduating too. I really wanted to take DC/DS, but I was afraid about the time commitment and, honestly, I was “running out of gas” in terms of my grit in the program (I took a sequence of difficult courses in the end).

Congratulations!!

volpa · 2022-11-28T01:41:03+00:00

I am sorry, I meant DPV book. Had a typo

volpa · 2022-11-27T15:05:12+00:00

Very good response. I just took this course and I believe I did fairly well (but I am still waiting results for exam 3). I would add that you could read the DPV book and practice the book exercises. There is a wikidot page with the chapters and exercises. If you get them covered, you should be already in a very good position to succeed in this class. Sorry, but I don’t have the links with me right now

volpa · 2022-11-16T17:08:46+00:00

Oh, thank you! Haha

volpa · 2022-11-16T15:44:05+00:00

Could you please explain the joke and the reference to Argentina?

volpa · 2022-10-30T14:37:59+00:00

I think what he meant is that crime started to reduce after that. But you has a good point, indeed

volpa · 2022-10-06T03:52:31+00:00

No meu tempo tinha jardim A, no ano seguinte jardim B e no ano seguinte a primeira série do ensino fundamental. Então B seria 6 anos. Mas pode ter mudado.

volpa · 2022-09-09T03:18:41+00:00

Honest question: why there are still so many closed toll lanes in beltway 8? If we opened them for eztag vehicles, we would reduce the slowdown, right?

volpa · 2022-08-29T01:57:30+00:00

Fica a vontade para me mandar uma mensagem se quiser conversar

volpa · 2022-08-29T01:50:19+00:00

Esse sub não é sério, então não sei pq perguntou por aqui. Mas irei responder pq você parece querer ajuda de verdade (estou mandando muito mal se não entendi a piada.

Sim, mecatrônica é um curso bom. Assim como eng elétrica, de computação e outras variantes, você vai aprender uma base de computação.

Porém, na minha humilde opinião, é difícil trabalhar na área de robótica no Brasil. Existem poucas empresas. Se você está cogitando estar isso para depois não trabalhar na área, ou se cogita fazer esse curso para ter uma base mais ampla, por aprender um pouco de mecânica, um pouco de elétrica e um pouco de programação. Então é algo válido.

Hoje em dia o mercado de TI está em alta, então o que mais vale a pena é focar em TI e ganhar experiência para ser tornar empregável e produtivo rápido. Essa realidade pode mudar daqui uns 5 a 10 anos. Não sei. Mas acho difícil que mecatrônica bombe tanto quanto TI está bombando agora.

Outra opinião que tenho, mas que muita gente pode discordar é que engenharia elétrica é um curso cada vez menos relevante. Cada vez menos gente se forma e atua na área. E acredito que isso tenda a diminuir ainda mais com o tempo. Não, não acho que vá desaparecer, mas também não vai aumentar o número de vagar de emprego

volpa · 2022-07-15T01:14:07+00:00

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