[quote=deadzone][quote=AN][quote=deadzone]Why not? If I made 175K I would be proud of it. If we can find an actual real person on this board who makes that salary, they can call BS on FLUs flawed take home pay calculation.
Your data points aren’t tangible examples so of no value to my specific question.[/quote]Not everyone is like you.
Why would my data points aren’t tangible? It’s a direct answer to your question. Some people would be will to state their pay when it’s anonymous. Which is exactly what my data show. Why does it matter if one of the people here is making that much and be strictly technical?[/quote]
That website is not tangible, for among other reasons, because there is no details about the actual work being performed for that salary. Those individuals could be managers, project leads, etc. you don’t know.
Again, obviously there is nobody on this thread who can provide a concrete answer. The whole point of this thread is the poster wants to know what specific engineering job they can get that pays 175K or more. I say that is unrealistic salary unless you go into management. If you guys have specific information about jobs/companies that pay that salary, why not divulge it to help the guy out?[/quote]
There are good jobs out there but you have to look. It helps to have contacts. I’ve been doing contract java server side work for almost a decade now. They’ve all been long term gigs with as much stability as if I was a FT employee.
The job I just left was paying $110/hr. I pay myself $80k/year and put $38k into a Keogh (self employed 401k) every year.
If someone tells you “no one in San Diego is paying $170k” they don’t know what they are talking about.
Another option, which I’ve also engaged in, is to find a contract with a company in the Bay Area that will allow you to work remotely with occasional travel (i.e. maybe a couple times a year). Talent in the Bay Area is heavily taxed right now and there is major demand. My current contract is with a company in San Bruno and I work out of my home office full time.
