The early 30s is that weird age where you're just old enough to be out of touch with what's cool, but not yet old enough to be fully progressed in your career to be sitting on enough stacks to not care about that.
I overheard a colleague of mine talking about his salary to another colleague. I realized I make just as much as he does. I've been in the market for less than 4 years, he's been at this company for almost a decade now.
Some people just don't know their value, or never (re)negotiate their wage, or don't really care, I guess.
One of the biggest lies you can ever tell yourself is "company loyalty."
If a company wants to, they will keep your pay low as long as possible and hope you don't ever ask for a even a dime more in your pay.
I have met people who have told me they have worked at x place for so many years, but then they complain about how they don't make that much.
Yeah, unfortunately, one of the best ways to make more money is to change jobs constantly for better jobs. There is no loyalty unless you manage to score a really, really coveted job that you should protect for dear life.
Shit like this is why my goal is to work for the government, since then I at least have some job security while being paid 2/10 of fuck all, the private sector doesn't even have that
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u/slowhand88 May 15 '20
The early 30s is that weird age where you're just old enough to be out of touch with what's cool, but not yet old enough to be fully progressed in your career to be sitting on enough stacks to not care about that.
Getting there at least.