Jess👾Jun 18
I don't care how bad your imposter syndrome is - you deserve every dollar you can get from capitalists. Negotiate as much money as you can. Demand raises. If you can find some other corp offering more, go there. It doesn't matter if you think you deserve it, it's about extracting wealth from corps. Even if it turns out you're keeping a seat warm for 6 figures. Keep that seat warm and cash those paychecks. (Then donate as much as you can afford to).
Show threadkajer :unlocated:Jun 18

@JessTheUnstill When I was growing out of helpdesk, I got a new position as network admin, but HR capped my pay raise at 4% because "promotion."

When I left, I got a 120% pay increase. The only way to get more money is to go somewhere else.

Show threadJess👾Jun 18
@kajer Yup, I've never gotten over a 4% raise, but I nearly doubled my salary in 3 years via 2 job hops.
Show threadkajer :unlocated:Jun 18

@JessTheUnstill THIS is the way!

(but not in today's job market :cry: )

Show threadJess👾
@kajer yeah I have likely hit the peak for my job title. I don't see many places paying more for senior security engineers. So I'd have to shoot for Staff or principal engineer if I wanted more. But tbh that's more responsibility than I want, so I'll probably just stick with senior for until the layoffs or the burnout takes me.
Jun 18 at 6:33pmWeb
Show threadNecheshJun 19
@JessTheUnstill @kajer the higher your position the more you are abstracted away from the "doing" kind of work. It's not necessarily harder, just different. Personally I love the "doing" part much more than creating presentations and going to endless meetings but the pay is hard to argue with
Show threadJess👾Jun 19
@nechesh @kajer Yeah, I've reached the point where quality of life and mental sustainability are more important than money. I still fight for bonuses and raises, but more meetings would kill me.
Show threadKat3d ago
@JessTheUnstill @nechesh @kajer this! Mental health matters. I’m thinking of quitting but the first post imploring us to maximize how much we extract gave me a flash of guilt, and left second guessing whether I should just keep the peek-career job just to milk it like a soulless mercenary. No thanks! Good message about not feeling guilty looking for higher pay though. It just hits wrong for those of us who want to opt out entirely.
Show threadJess👾3d ago
@whykats @nechesh @kajer It's hard to put all the nuance into a single bombastic post 🤷‍♀️