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How many years of experience does Cognizant consider in order to give "Associate" role?
I am switching from Larsen & Toubro Infotech & I got a role of 'Programmer Analyst' having 2.2 YOE.
What is the max budget for 'Programmer Analyst' role ?
I want to earn good money without compromising on WLB.
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1 year at a Fintech firm in Product role (Current Role) in Gurgaon
1 year at PwC as Consultant 1
MBA (Finance) grad Skills: SQL, Excel, Power BI, Client Issues, Jira for bug reports and tracking team activities, etc.
Any companies that anyone can suggest? Any other skills that I should pick up? Current base pay is 10 LPA. I feel a bit underpaid.
Want to stay in similar business analyst, product analyst roles.
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Start looking and if you find a company you like that’s hiring, interview with them. Get a feel for their work life balance, the interview is time for you to interview them as well. Everyone is hiring right now so the market is crazy and I’m confident you can find a great company with a base six figure salary or close to it. Many companies are hiring full remote these days if that’s something you’re interested in.
Take a look at f5.com
They pay well, are profitable, and have WLB
If you’re seeking a really good WLB, look into Paylocity. All of their SDE’s are 100% remote, great company culture and the opportunity to work on some new services. (They’re my former employer) but if you’re looking to truly challenge and stretch yourself, definitely check out Amazon! 🙂
If that's your experience, find a different team. We're hiring ;)
What are you talking about … “Id like to be making six figures, but I am worried about work/life balance”. This statements shows why you are only making 75k. Because thats the amount of work you are putting it. Obviously if you make more money you will work harder. Everything comes with a price. You have some options. Stop being such a sassy. Work your butt off, give 110% and leave FedEx. I promise you you’ll be at six figures with your next employer. If you want to make $100k ,$200k, $500k you will put in the effort to get there. You’re just complaining. You literally want the hottest girlfriend while you are jobless and eating chips on the couch all day.
Edit: For all the comments. I know hard work doesn’t necessarily equate to more money. And I make $150k and have a great wlb. What im saying is that making money in tech isnt that difficult. I believe anyone can make $100k if you change jobs and put in some effort.
He’s an idiot. No need for advice.
For Six figures and WLB. Companies like Microsoft , Square and Google come to mind. They tend to pay lower TC. Especially Google will low ball you pretty hard without competing offers but the hardest part is just getting in.
I’d stay away from start ups they expect you to give everything like it’s your company too. There’s some advantages but if WLB is most important you won’t be happy.
Personally I would say you should always be stretching yourself and striving to be the best which means don’t look for easy roles and companies. I started my career out as a severely underpaid Midwest dev @ 40k TC, new job got to 80k tc now 300k TC ( 180 base ).
You can definitely find a company that respects WLB for more than that even if you live in a LCOL area (remote work).
At times when you find comfort in what you are doing it's better than getting a greater salary
You can totally filter companies by WLB, or at least bring it up in any interviews. If it's a company where it feels like bringing it up would hurt your chances, you probably don't want to work there anyway.
I've worked at companies big and small, non profit and startups, as a contractor and as staff.
Then I joined Etsy.
Never have a worked where there's such a strong inclusion and employee first culture while also making significant compensation. In fact, things are so good that there's a running joke in engineering about "golden handcuffs". Often you hear that it's difficult to leave as it's simply too good.
Does Etsy have remote roles for SWEs?
I want to put out there that at ANY company you work at, WLB is a shared responsibility between you and the company. Own it. Some companies certainly make it harder and should be avoided but I think the vast majority of companies can give good WLB if you can get really great at setting expectations with people you work with.
I've been a Software Developer at FedEx for 8 years. You will make a lot more if you leave and come back because the company doesn't reward loyalty as well as they should. My salary has doubled in my time here and I would consider myself a high performer. I've received more ad-hoc raises than anyone I know at the company. All that said, I barely make more than 100K. I've honed my skills here and am now looking for alternative employment. If you want more, then leave and do something else and work on your skills. If you don't have the skills, build them up and then leave or make FedEx pay you because you have other offers.
I understand that you are hesitant to leave the WLB behind as FedEx does make it really hard to get fired and they support you spending time with your family. Just ask the right questions of the companies and make sure you are competent enough to get your work done in work hours. It doesn't matter how lax they are, if you can't get the work done.
You can definitely find a role with a company that has a good WLB. I would avoid smaller companies or finance sectors if you want the balance. Tech and startups, especially remote work would work for you. I am remote, and I work a lot, but I knew what I was signing up for.
HubSpot is supposed to have a good life-work balance.
Are you happy though and are you comfortable? Sure some developers make more than that but many make about exactly that. Finding a job that you love and allows you to have a balanced lifestyle can mean a lot more than some extra $Ks.
Something else to consider is the work you're doing. Are you learning and does the company promote learning and upgrading tech? I've seen a lot of people at big corps with many years experience working on outdated stacks.
Or consider the saying: They've got 10 years of experience, but it's really one year of expirience repeated 10 times. Don't let that be you.
And like most everyone else has said - you can probably find a higher paying job with good WLB plus growth opportunities. Just start looking and you'll probably know when you find it.
Wow, I made more that than with less than 1 year of experience after a career change—and no tech degree. And I was an administrator. Work-life balance is and has been great. My current job offers bonuses up to $30k per year. You’re not getting ripped off. You’re getting paid what you accepted.
The company I work for now has a good WLB and would start a Jr higher than that. Mid level at least 100k.
If you want high TC with WLB companies like Google, Salesforce, Msft comes to mind. But you’re going to have give up some of that life balance until you can study enough to pass the interview OP
Check out Spotify
Why are you accepting to be paid so low, so much below market? Why have you for so long? Even associate roles at the smallest start ups would likely pay you 100K or more.
Check out Zynga. 20 hrs per week