!0 year check in! What were you earning in 2015 vs. now? In 2015, I had just finished college, working an entry-level social media manager job, earning $10.50 an hour. Now, I'm a marketing director earning $108,000 a year.

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2015 - 8.00 / hr (in high school)
2025 - 375k

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Work at strong known brands that recruiters recognize, move jobs every 2-3 years and try to uplevel, have a strong story for the direction of your career, keep a wins sheet and stay warm on interviews all year.

€90.000 + 20% bonus + €25.000 LTIs as a Senior Product Manager in Germany in 2015

$240,000 + 40% bonus + $65,000 LTIs as a VP Marketing on the east coast of the US in 2025

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A random collection of thoughts:

1. Be curious - if you find a problem, figure why it occurred and how you can fix it (and stop it from happening again).
2. Be someone people want to work with. That’s not the same as being likable (although that does help) - it’s being someone who makes those around them better/more comfortable.
3. Be brave enough to make decisions and take the blame when they go wrong.
4. Be brave enough to share the credit when things go right.
5. If someone who works for you screws up, take a long hard look at what you could have done to have helped them avoid the mistake before you point fingers elsewhere. And even when you do, do it with compassion and from a position of making sure that person not only doesn’t make the same mistake, but avoids other mistakes.
6. If you make a mistake, you need to do 3 things: apologize, mean it, make up for it. Don’t EVER deflect the blame.
7. Trust first - people don’t have to earn my trust, but they aren’t getting it back if they lose it.
8. Learn to manage up - don’t expect your leaders to know what you’re thinking or know how stressed you are. Talk to them.
9. Make friends with your HRBP - they’ll have your back if you’re in trouble and represent you when there are opportunities to advance.

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$70k/$220k Lawyer

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Wow. I wish I would've known about hopping every 3-4 yrs. And those raises were do to changing departments, not to annual raises because they are only 2.4-3.49% annually. Since I've been with the company for 11 years now.
2015 - 14.50hr
2025 - 26.80hr

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2015: Just graduated, working for a home health care company for $52k/year. 2025: Manager making $124k.

2015-$100k
2025-$165k

In 2015, I was working in retail, earning $8.50 an hour and today I'm earning $58,000 a year.

2015 - $10k (internship / part time)
2025 - $120k

I was a customer service representative making $55000. I am currently retired, and receive approximately the same.

In 2015 I was making 36k as a retail banker, I’m now making 98k as a claims adjuster

2015 - TC, not including RSUs, $122k
2025 - TC, also not including RSUs, $315k

Making around $105k total between base and bonus 10 years ago. Now at ~$275k.

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