UXers - do agencies pay the best for our skills? Or have you found start ups / other companies pay better / offer better salary packages?

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I think consultancies pay more

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Startups/consulting/ Pretty much everything else pays more

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Everything pays better. But there isn’t enough money in tech to make me go back to tech Advertising has a bad enough rap for being a bit misogynistic, but slimy agency dudes have nothing on tech bros. If you’re a woman, stay out of tech

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For a senior XD what would u say is the compensation package for places like that?

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