• heavy@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    That’s the right mindset.

    For those reading, don’t let them fool you about down selling your worth. If you’ve got the skills they want, and you show that, they’ll pay you. Job history conversations are just a way to try and leverage lower pay or benefits on you.

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      2 months ago

      Up until like 2022, changing your job every one and a half to three years was the best way to increase your base salary and total lifetime income.

      I’ve changed jobs every 3ish years for the last 12 years and when I started I was making $15 an hour and now I’m making $67 an hour.

      My friend who I met at the $15 an hour job has only changed jobs every 7 years, he’s now making $27 an hour.

      We have similar skill sets and graduated from the same college except he was 2 years ahead of me, although, I did move to a higher cost of living area which is probably good for like $20 of the difference.