Disappointed with my salary after 1.5 years and a MCSE?!

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  • GSXR750K2GSXR750K2 Member Posts: 323 ■■■■□□□□□□
    achef67 wrote: »
    Hello,

    How has everything turned out?

    It's been nine years since this thread's last activity, so I'd guess things have turned out for better or for worse.
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  • TheFORCETheFORCE Member Posts: 2,297 ■■■■■■■■□□
    GSXR750K2 wrote: »
    It's been nine years since this thread's last activity, so I'd guess things have turned out for better or for worse.

    The guy hasnt been on this forum since Last Activity 09-18-2012. Maybe he changed profession or made it really big.
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  • kalimusclekalimuscle Member Posts: 100
    I always wonder what happened to the OG

    Old members here that have 3000 plus posts

    Its like TE was their life and now they do other things


    Or have forgotten to contribute anymore

    Or lost interest in TE

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    Some people i looked up to
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  • NetworkNewbNetworkNewb Member Posts: 3,298 ■■■■■■■■■□
    TheFORCE wrote: »
    The guy hasnt been on this forum since Last Activity 09-18-2012. Maybe he changed profession or made it really big.

    Rumor has it the guy ended up making a fortune. After not finding a better job with his MSCE he fell into a deep depression and ended up quitting his job. At home, he obsessed over his bathroom towels. In his obsession, he found the perfect comfort level between soft and harsh towels. These towels are now sold throughout the world to almost every hotel. Legend has it he bought a deserted island with his fortune somewhere and now lives there alone with his towels.

    Can't make this stuff up... icon_cool.gif
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  • kalimusclekalimuscle Member Posts: 100
    NetworkNewb wrote: »
    Rumor has it the guy ended up making a fortune. After not finding a better job with his MSCE he fell into a deep depression and ended up quitting his job. At home, he obsessed over his bathroom towels. In his obsession, he found the perfect comfort level between soft and harsh towels. These towels are now sold throughout the world to almost every hotel. Legend has it he bought a deserted island with his fortune somewhere and now lives there alone with his towels.






    Can't make this stuff up... icon_cool.gif
    lol

    Haha


    Since he has been in IT since 2007


    Honestly he should easily make 100k by now
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  • lloris_20lloris_20 Member Posts: 45 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Look for a job elsewhere at your expected salary range while still doing the current one.
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  • Fulcrum45Fulcrum45 Member Posts: 621 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Lol, I hate stumbling on old threads like this because I never pay attention to the post dates. The OP said he got into IT in 2006 and he was only making 30K. I'm thinking "Good Lord! Your job must hate you if you've been in the field over 10 years with an MCSE and only make that much!"
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  • TheFORCETheFORCE Member Posts: 2,297 ■■■■■■■■□□
    NetworkNewb wrote: »
    Rumor has it the guy ended up making a fortune. After not finding a better job with his MSCE he fell into a deep depression and ended up quitting his job. At home, he obsessed over his bathroom towels. In his obsession, he found the perfect comfort level between soft and harsh towels. These towels are now sold throughout the world to almost every hotel. Legend has it he bought a deserted island with his fortune somewhere and now lives there alone with his towels.

    Can't make this stuff up... icon_cool.gif

    That's legendary! Reminds me of the :) of the guy from Forest Gump after wiping his muddy face with a t-shirt and we all know how that ended up lol.
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  • srabieesrabiee Member Posts: 1,231 ■■■■■■■■□□
    One of the worst cases of thread necro I've ever seen. icon_cyclops_ani.gif
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  • yoba222yoba222 Member Posts: 1,237 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Yeah I think if I were making a presentation on necro post bumping I would totally use that as a screenshot. That was like the perfect, textbook execution.
    srabiee wrote: »
    One of the worst cases of thread necro I've ever seen. icon_cyclops_ani.gif
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  • Moon ChildMoon Child Member Posts: 198 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Well you have a little over a year of experience in IT? Your salary is not actually that bad based on your experience.

    I know guys who have been in IT for 5+ years who are making 30k or less. I know a guy 10+ years of experience in IT who got unemployed and had to take a 20k paycut just to find another IT job. He was making 60k year in previous job, he got let go and the next company he got hired for offered him only 40k a year. He took the job because no other employers seemed to want him despite him sending out hundreds of resumes. He was unable to find another IT job for over 8 months, so he finally settled for a 20k paycut.

    Jobs are tough these days, especially getting IT jobs. Even landing a $10-$15/hr computer job can be very difficult. I finally landed an IT job in the $10-$15/hr range, but even at that salary there was like 50-100+ people applying to each of the jobs I applied to according to Indeed.com
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  • wla1dedwla1ded Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Find a job that pays you 7k more than this per year and move on with your life. Let them come after you. For 7k they probably won't. If they do you have the money because you found a job that pays you way more. 36k-37k where do you live? That is way low. Find out what your worth via interviews and jump ship when the going it good!
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  • YesOffenseYesOffense Member Posts: 83 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Hell of a bump. I know OP is long gone, but no way should you expect a raise because you upskilled but stayed in the same position. You would have to look elsewhere.
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  • volfkhatvolfkhat Member Posts: 1,072 ■■■■■■■■□□
    This thread should have stayed in 2008.

    It's simple arithmetic folks:
    If he left "early" he would have to pay a $3500 "payback".

    All that means is...... make sure the next job pays more than 27k + $3500.

    All the advice to "stay until september" was nonsense.

    He should have GTFO ASAP. (and apparantly he did; new job paid 48k)

    Simple arithmetic :]

    (hmmm.... maybe it was good to dig up this thread after all)
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