• balls_expert@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I got a new job that has no remote possibilities because we run a defense SaaS thing that’s cut off from the internet, so, a real reason for it

    I’m paid 2.5x my old wage for it and everyone keeps leaving despite the insane pay. We’re about to hire a software guy that didn’t know what grep or curl was

    Granted there’s a few more hurdles (applicants must speak english fluently and make as few mistakes as possible writing in a country that’s hardly bilingual, top of the chain tech stack that might give people the feeling that they’re not qualified, …) but 2.5x the pay? I’m gonna get enough to straight up buy a house with cash in like two years

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      If I made 2.5x my current salary, which would be almost 400,000 a year, I would seriously consider returning to the office. Then I would retire in something like 10 years which is way earlier than I’m currently looking at. For that, RTO would actually be worth it.

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        It wasn’t even a bad salary beforehand, it was way above average for my city and I was able to save and invest about 40% of my paycheck, now it’s almost as if all I do is saving since my living expenses are such a small part of the salary

        I thought 2.5 meant 2.5 when going in, but it’s more like an 5x on disposable income so it feels completely different

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          There’s a lot of stuff in defense contracts that aren’t killing people in europe

          Procurement, borders, visas, terrorism intel, …

          I just make very boring CRUD software for international agencies to make national services interoperate better

          It’s only defense related because it necessarily has sensitive strategic information transitting through our databases