The market is hot but I feel a bit priced out to be looking bc of my lack of skills and YOE. Is it realistic to get the usual 30-50% jump or should I wait it out a year or two? Genuinely curious if I’m wasting my time and should focus on studying for the GMAT instead 😅

2.5 YOE, 140K TC
Analytics Consulting
Non-STEM major, limited coding knowledge

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2.5 YOE and 140k is sky high for anyone who isn’t a software engineer. Sometimes we are very out of touch with how much we make compared to general pop

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C1- Fair, but it’s only 5K so it doesn’t really change the picture as much.

Dude where are you making 140k

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Big 4, surprisingly

30-50% increases with your level of experience are not realistic. Don't think that at 30% increase is realistic in 2 years either.

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Yeah I had doubts that anyone from industry will take me seriously with the comp request. Appreciate the confirmation - hoping to make manager next year and have the double early promotion help my case 😅

Probably not unless you live in SF. Then I would throw out a couple of feelers.

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I’m in the same boat as you - 2.5 YOE and 160k TC - most recruiters in industry look at my resume and assume im only qualified for senior associate roles which max out at ~$120k. Problem is if you’re on this trajectory now you’ll still have the same problem down the road - too few YOE for your level / comp. Getting ahead early is supposed to be a good thing but this feels like a punishment lol.

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Do both - just exited to FANG analytics with higher comp and got accepted to M7 for next year.

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