so far the weekend has been pretty good. currently: writing about labor stuff, also reading this book. it has been a pretty mild and wet spring so far which is rare for here, and i’m enjoying that while it lasts

  • Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM
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    TL;DR

    I’m about to make more money than I ever imagined and I don’t know how I feel about that right now.

    I’ll think about making a longer post about all of this in /c/chat sometime in the near future.

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        I can say the following right now. My biological brother is trying to transition from working for his current employer to going out on his own. He has, roughly, 25 years of experience in this field that he wants me to be the CTO. If I agree, then I could be making 6 figures (or more) for the rest of my life.

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          That’s exciting! I remember when I got my first real software development job and tripled my salary.

          My advice is that you may be surprised to learn that you still need to budget. Even a hefty six figure salary can easily be spent if you’re not careful.

        • Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org
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          Not knowing the specifics, it sounds like a great opportunity. I hope you find the decision easy to make and that you feel right in the choice you make, whatever it is.

    • hazel 🤷🏻‍♀️🏳️‍🌈@beehaw.org
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      Sounds promising! I career-jumped from arts admin to data science to go from 35k to 61k and then there was a 10% company-wide raise a couple months after I started, so I pretty much doubled my salary.