If you make $175k or more and LOVE your job!

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Anonymous wrote:one of the last american born software developer at a large corporation. make $148K plus 10% after 30 years of Assembler, Fortran, C, C++, Java, Ruby and what else. It was a great ride in the 80's and 90's. Turned shaky in mid 2000's and now just hanging in there until they fire me and replace me with another developer from india or china and I start over again with whatever language is next. Would like to be able to work normal hours and not feel like I am going to be fired every day.

Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class. Everyone is getting fired. Everyone is toilet paper now. All 3 houses directly by us in our quiet suburban neighborhood have people, in 50's and up, that have been fired in last 2 years. PM, Architect, Tech Writer, it doesn't matter. There is no security in IT.

Adapt or perish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:one of the last american born software developer at a large corporation. make $148K plus 10% after 30 years of Assembler, Fortran, C, C++, Java, Ruby and what else. It was a great ride in the 80's and 90's. Turned shaky in mid 2000's and now just hanging in there until they fire me and replace me with another developer from india or china and I start over again with whatever language is next. Would like to be able to work normal hours and not feel like I am going to be fired every day.

Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class. Everyone is getting fired. Everyone is toilet paper now. All 3 houses directly by us in our quiet suburban neighborhood have people, in 50's and up, that have been fired in last 2 years. PM, Architect, Tech Writer, it doesn't matter. There is no security in IT.

I am sorry. I see the same situation around me. The senior technical people who become government contractors seem to retain some stability and command higher salaries. The trade off is that some projects are so incredibly disorganized and boring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:one of the last american born software developer at a large corporation. make $148K plus 10% after 30 years of Assembler, Fortran, C, C++, Java, Ruby and what else. It was a great ride in the 80's and 90's. Turned shaky in mid 2000's and now just hanging in there until they fire me and replace me with another developer from india or china and I start over again with whatever language is next. Would like to be able to work normal hours and not feel like I am going to be fired every day.

Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class. Everyone is getting fired. Everyone is toilet paper now. All 3 houses directly by us in our quiet suburban neighborhood have people, in 50's and up, that have been fired in last 2 years. PM, Architect, Tech Writer, it doesn't matter. There is no security in IT.

Adapt or perish.

Do not worry, with the advance of robotics and artificial intelligence, most of the professional jobs will be replaced by machines (lawyers, doctors... will be on the top of the list). We will all be unemployed, living on some welfare, and have loads of time learning crap for non-existing jobs.

[Anonymous]

I'm a COO. I make about $200K and love my job. I work a lot, but I'm a workaholic so I really don't mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IT project manager with a team around the world. There are only 4 of us based in the US. That gives me incredible flexibility with regard to working hours. My day begins around 3-4am. I break for "lunch" from 7-8am to get the kids off to school. Then I work until around noon. I eat and take a nap. At 3:30 I pick the kids up from school and run the kids around to activities. Kids are in bed by 8:30 and DH and I go to bed between 10-11.

I work from home so I can squeeze in laundry and grocery shopping on my breaks. My schedule isn't for everyone but somehow after I went out in maternity leave I never went back to sleeping through the night.

This schedule would totally work for me for the exact same reason. If you are still on and your company is looking for people, please post, I'm an IT project manager as well...

[Anonymous]

I am a research scientist. I make close to $175 (160K). I spend my days thinking, trying to solve problems or puzzles. It is a great gig. It only took me a PhD and 20 years experience to get this though.

[Anonymous]

Development professional for large non-profit. $180. Didn't take too long to get here. Fairly flexible and not as much travel as one might expect. Hit it hard in the beginning, develop the right internal relationships, and you can advance quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IT project manager with a team around the world. There are only 4 of us based in the US. That gives me incredible flexibility with regard to working hours. My day begins around 3-4am. I break for "lunch" from 7-8am to get the kids off to school. Then I work until around noon. I eat and take a nap. At 3:30 I pick the kids up from school and run the kids around to activities. Kids are in bed by 8:30 and DH and I go to bed between 10-11.

I work from home so I can squeeze in laundry and grocery shopping on my breaks. My schedule isn't for everyone but somehow after I went out in maternity leave I never went back to sleeping through the night.

This schedule would totally work for me for the exact same reason. If you are still on and your company is looking for people, please post, I'm an IT project manager as well...

I had a gig exactly like this for 5 years up until January of this year when our company did a massive layoff of our IT organization. I'm an IT PM as well. My only problem with that schedule was that I felt like I never had enough sleep!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:one of the last american born software developer at a large corporation. make $148K plus 10% after 30 years of Assembler, Fortran, C, C++, Java, Ruby and what else. It was a great ride in the 80's and 90's. Turned shaky in mid 2000's and now just hanging in there until they fire me and replace me with another developer from india or china and I start over again with whatever language is next. Would like to be able to work normal hours and not feel like I am going to be fired every day.

Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class. Everyone is getting fired. Everyone is toilet paper now. All 3 houses directly by us in our quiet suburban neighborhood have people, in 50's and up, that have been fired in last 2 years. PM, Architect, Tech Writer, it doesn't matter. There is no security in IT.

I am sorry. I see the same situation around me. The senior technical people who become government contractors seem to retain some stability and command higher salaries. The trade off is that some projects are so incredibly disorganized and boring.

So true. The government pays a lot to hire skilled people, then put a useless and meddling PM on top so nobody can be effective.

[Anonymous]

Software engineer. Pay is around $250K depending on bonus. I work a lot though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an academic but at a professional school, so I make over 200k/year. I don't love everything about it (publish or perish part is true, though now I have tenure it's not as bad). But it sure beats honest work!

as opposed to an unprofessional school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make $0/year as a housewife. It's a good gig.

[Anonymous]

I'm Chief Nursing Officer/SVP of a multi-hospital system. I make 375k plus 30-60% bonus. This is my dream job and I love it. Like the research scientist PP it only took 20 years and a PhD to end up here.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm Chief Nursing Officer/SVP of a multi-hospital system. I make 375k plus 30-60% bonus. This is my dream job and I love it. Like the research scientist PP it only took 20 years and a PhD to end up here.

And you wonder what's wrong why your insurance premiums are out of control.

[Anonymous]

lawyer at a large law firm, make 165k (but not as a first year - as a 7th). job is high stress, but very interesting work and i am well liked. i should be making partner soon.