What was your TC at your first job?

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15/hr after college

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36,400 🙃

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Agency, PR associate: 31,000

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$50000 + equity

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Fun question - I'm curious what you're hoping to learn.

Out of college, I took a software engineering job in San Jose for $50k and options that I was never going to be able to afford. I can't say it was a good or bad decision since we only live the one life, but it worked out fine despite starting way below market value.

I started a few (ultimately unsuccessful) companies after that and continued to earn about $60k/year for 5 years. It was great and something you can't really do later in your life unless you're extremely successful.

Once I realized I needed to learn a helluva lot more, I priced myself at $100k in San Diego. Asking for this was scary for me because, even though I had researched market rates, I had personally never made anything close to that amount. It ended up being a non-issue and, when I tried to press the envelope and ask for even more once they agreed to the$100k, they agreed. This was a key learning for me and I'm a lot more expensive now.

So again, what're you hoping to learn?

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It was in TV news a loooong time ago (mid-90s) and I think around $40k?

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45000/year
Mid size midwest consulting company

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First full time job out of university : ~150k

$30,000 salary. Absolutely nothing else.

$30,000

$8/hr at my first job ever. ~205k year 1 tc after undergrad

15/hr first job ever. 90K first job out of school

$55,000 - associate at startup

$40k, ad agency. san francisco, 2014.

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