Where are the $100K jobs?

[nla]

When I said IT, I meant the IT industry as a whole not just support. Most of these people that I know are Sotware Engr, DBA, Sys. Analyst, etc.

[kev374]

IT salaries are all over the place. I have 10yrs experience as a Sr. Java EE Engineer and also have some architecture experience. The median for my position according to salary.com is around $115k/yr plus a 5-15% bonus.

But I’ve seen salaries as low as 80k and as high as 120k for the same position. This accounts for the quality of the person being hired of course, years of experience really means nothing. I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

[kev374]

IT salaries are all over the place. I have 10yrs experience as a Sr. Java EE Engineer and also have some architecture experience. The median for my position according to salary.com is around $115k/yr plus a 5-15% bonus.

But I’ve seen salaries as low as 80k and as high as 120k for the same position. This accounts for the quality of the person being hired of course, years of experience really means nothing. I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

[kev374]

IT salaries are all over the place. I have 10yrs experience as a Sr. Java EE Engineer and also have some architecture experience. The median for my position according to salary.com is around $115k/yr plus a 5-15% bonus.

But I’ve seen salaries as low as 80k and as high as 120k for the same position. This accounts for the quality of the person being hired of course, years of experience really means nothing. I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

[kev374]

IT salaries are all over the place. I have 10yrs experience as a Sr. Java EE Engineer and also have some architecture experience. The median for my position according to salary.com is around $115k/yr plus a 5-15% bonus.

But I’ve seen salaries as low as 80k and as high as 120k for the same position. This accounts for the quality of the person being hired of course, years of experience really means nothing. I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

[kev374]

IT salaries are all over the place. I have 10yrs experience as a Sr. Java EE Engineer and also have some architecture experience. The median for my position according to salary.com is around $115k/yr plus a 5-15% bonus.

But I’ve seen salaries as low as 80k and as high as 120k for the same position. This accounts for the quality of the person being hired of course, years of experience really means nothing. I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

[nostradamus]

I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

ditto. I've been working for 6 months with a junior engineer, this is her first job out of school, and I'm blown away at how much she's learned…  She is better than most people with many years of experience under their belts.  Sad thing is, management doesn't know how to keep people like this.  That's why quitting is always on her mind. 

[nostradamus]

I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

ditto. I've been working for 6 months with a junior engineer, this is her first job out of school, and I'm blown away at how much she's learned…  She is better than most people with many years of experience under their belts.  Sad thing is, management doesn't know how to keep people like this.  That's why quitting is always on her mind. 

[nostradamus]

I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

ditto. I've been working for 6 months with a junior engineer, this is her first job out of school, and I'm blown away at how much she's learned…  She is better than most people with many years of experience under their belts.  Sad thing is, management doesn't know how to keep people like this.  That's why quitting is always on her mind. 

[nostradamus]

I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

ditto. I've been working for 6 months with a junior engineer, this is her first job out of school, and I'm blown away at how much she's learned…  She is better than most people with many years of experience under their belts.  Sad thing is, management doesn't know how to keep people like this.  That's why quitting is always on her mind. 

[nostradamus]

I know people who have 10 yrs experience who are not so good at their job and people with 3yrs experience who were whizzes.

ditto. I've been working for 6 months with a junior engineer, this is her first job out of school, and I'm blown away at how much she's learned…  She is better than most people with many years of experience under their belts.  Sad thing is, management doesn't know how to keep people like this.  That's why quitting is always on her mind. 

[beanmaestro]

As it happens, I got my annual raise today and finally broke $100k. I gather that I’m a few thousand below mid-scale for a Principal Engineer at a “big defense company” (that starts with an R). That’s three years in my current job and five years post-PhD; total experience is either 6 or 12 years depending whether you count grad research. I gather that folks with lower degrees but the same rank made similar or slightly higher salaries…

Given that I’m doing semiconductor work, I’m sure I could make a lot more in Si Valley or at a startup, but it’s not worth the extra hours to me.

[beanmaestro]

As it happens, I got my annual raise today and finally broke $100k. I gather that I’m a few thousand below mid-scale for a Principal Engineer at a “big defense company” (that starts with an R). That’s three years in my current job and five years post-PhD; total experience is either 6 or 12 years depending whether you count grad research. I gather that folks with lower degrees but the same rank made similar or slightly higher salaries…

Given that I’m doing semiconductor work, I’m sure I could make a lot more in Si Valley or at a startup, but it’s not worth the extra hours to me.

[beanmaestro]

As it happens, I got my annual raise today and finally broke $100k. I gather that I’m a few thousand below mid-scale for a Principal Engineer at a “big defense company” (that starts with an R). That’s three years in my current job and five years post-PhD; total experience is either 6 or 12 years depending whether you count grad research. I gather that folks with lower degrees but the same rank made similar or slightly higher salaries…

Given that I’m doing semiconductor work, I’m sure I could make a lot more in Si Valley or at a startup, but it’s not worth the extra hours to me.

[beanmaestro]

As it happens, I got my annual raise today and finally broke $100k. I gather that I’m a few thousand below mid-scale for a Principal Engineer at a “big defense company” (that starts with an R). That’s three years in my current job and five years post-PhD; total experience is either 6 or 12 years depending whether you count grad research. I gather that folks with lower degrees but the same rank made similar or slightly higher salaries…

Given that I’m doing semiconductor work, I’m sure I could make a lot more in Si Valley or at a startup, but it’s not worth the extra hours to me.

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