[Firmwarrior]

I'd never say this on Reddit, Facebook, or LinkedIn, but you're hanging out in Programmer Heaven right now, for fun, in your spare time. ANYONE hanging out here CAN definitely make a fat living in the SF Bay Area. Go out there and get rich!!! The only things I want to see you complaining about are interview loops, followed by the fact that you can barely afford a house on your $300k/year total compensation

[IaacForHire]

I wish I had your enthusiasm. I've been unemployed 90% of the time since Covid.

Ironically, I've given at least 5 people their start in this industry who are all now worth 8 figures. There are haves and there are have nots.

[jobs_throwaway]

And you're acting in such a way that you will always be a have not, and it will always be someone else's fault

[iLoveOncall]

Seems like the "not with that attitude" comment was spot on.

[IaacForHire]

Yes, you're right. After 25 years of mostly being treated like shit by start-ups with an average weekly work rate of 60 hours, my attitude is probably kind of bad.

Do I really need to be a rockstar to get an inflationary raise every year?

Take cost of living into account and we make about 40% less than we did 20 years ago.

[iLoveOncall]

This is all a "you" problem. You have made the choice to work in shitty startups, you have made the choice to work 60 hours per week, and you have made the choice to accept jobs that would pay you below market rate.

Being a bitter old man is not the attitude problem mentioned here, being someone that refuses to see that their unsatisfactory situation is 100% due to their own actions (or rather, lack of action) is your attitude problem.

Also your resume is absolute garbage and your company's website is offline. Read https://www.careercup.com/resume

[IaacForHire]

I would rather have a garbage resume, than be a garbage human being like yourself.

[iLoveOncall]

Ok but then don't come complaining that your salary is stagnant and that you were unemployed for 90% of the past 3 years. It is your own doing.

[Firmwarrior]

Hey man, sorry people are crapping on you here. It's an unfair world full of selfish pricks and jerkoffs who'll screw you over given half a chance, while telling themselves they're making the world a better place in the process

BUT you have the technical skills to leverage yourself into a favored position, and I'm confident you can do so if you reset your outlook and your approach. Nobody's going to pay you $300k because you deserve $300k, they're going to pay it because they're making $1M in revenue.

Anyway, good luck out there