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5th_degree_burns t1_ja8khck wrote

Reply to comment by jh937hfiu3hrhv9 in My income versus my effective tax rate each year since graduating college [OC] by sea_dev

May be positional changes. I took a job on a help desk to get into the company I currently work for. First positional change netted me an extra 40k, last one was another 80k. The best way to get a 'raise' is usually to move your way up or change employers. At least in the US.

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jh937hfiu3hrhv9 t1_ja8lshd wrote

In what industry?

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5th_degree_burns t1_ja8mspx wrote

I started in IT and moved into our RnD dept. I'm a cloud infrastructure engineer/devops engineer.

EDIT - looks like OP and I are in similar-ish fields and they have a similar experience. It does kind of suck, but it is what it is.

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jh937hfiu3hrhv9 t1_ja8n6ag wrote

Too bad other industries are not so flush with cash to dole out.

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5th_degree_burns t1_ja8o5qq wrote

The sad thing is that a lot of other industries are making money hand over fist and simply don't pay. I work for a corporate entity that (comically) isn't bad in regards to executive comp vs employee comp, and our CEO still makes 134 times the median salary. I think the US national average in that stat was that CEOs make 399 times the salary of the median employee. That's fucked up.

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