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    • coliverC
      coliver @Dashrender
      last edited by

      @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

      @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

      @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

      @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

      @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

      Each job I've taken, except for the job I have now was a raise of at least 15k a year.

      15K seems to be a lot (IMO) but I could just be completely getting screwed lol. . .

      i think it depends on where you start.

      "Scrubbing dishes doesn't count as IT"

      You're funny.

      My first IT job - Desktop end user support paid $20K/yr

      My first one wasn't that long ago. I was doing everything but title at a high school. Left after a year because I was doing everything and kept getting thrown under the bus by my manager. I think I was making ~$40k

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
        last edited by

        I think my first job (started as a file clerk) and transition into desktop support I was making 20K, so I suppose.

        The numbers just seem large for a 15K between job moves. Not including annual raises etc.

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        • coliverC
          coliver @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

          I think my first job (started as a file clerk) and transition into desktop support I was making 20K, so I suppose.

          The numbers just seem large for a 15K between job moves. Not including annual raises etc.

          I was 16K my second move and 10K my third.

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          • wirestyle22W
            wirestyle22
            last edited by

            I started at 32k

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre
              last edited by

              I got about a 10% raise ~$4k when I made my recent switch.

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
                last edited by

                @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                I started at 32k

                And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
                  last edited by wirestyle22

                  @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                  I started at 32k

                  And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                  Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                  I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                    I think my first job (started as a file clerk) and transition into desktop support I was making 20K, so I suppose.

                    The numbers just seem large for a 15K between job moves. Not including annual raises etc.

                    As I said, my first job was 20K, but with OT I was pulling near 30K. So my internal department change at that company was a 10K raise to $30K. A year later another $5k bump. 6 months after that I left and went to a consulting company where I moved from $35K > $55K.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @wirestyle22
                      last edited by

                      @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                      I started at 32k

                      And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                      Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                      I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                      Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22 @Dashrender
                        last edited by wirestyle22

                        @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                        @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                        @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                        @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                        I started at 32k

                        And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                        Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                        I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                        Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

                        I left. I easily could've milked it for awhile but it just wasn't the honest thing to do

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @wirestyle22
                          last edited by

                          @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                          @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                          @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                          @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                          @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                          I started at 32k

                          And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                          Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                          I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                          Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

                          I left

                          Now the question is why?

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                            last edited by

                            @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                            @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                            @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                            @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                            @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                            @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                            I started at 32k

                            And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                            Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                            I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                            Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

                            I left

                            Now the question is why?

                            Because he didnt want to be a leech?

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                              The numbers just seem large for a 15K between job moves. Not including annual raises etc.

                              Depends on the jobs and the jumps. But that's not uncommon. In between "real" jobs, I went from $23K to $40K to $55K to $200K to $350K to an offer of a much more significant jump 😉

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                              • wirestyle22W
                                wirestyle22 @Dashrender
                                last edited by wirestyle22

                                @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                I started at 32k

                                And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                                Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                                I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                                Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

                                I left

                                Now the question is why?

                                1. I hated the way everyone, not even just myself was treated. Every director there had their resume's out. We were all miserable.

                                2. I didn't have the knowledge required to completely re-create their infrastructure, which was basically what was required at that point.

                                I really don't want to talk about this point in my life. It was arguably the darkest point I've had, truly. Laura saw me literally waste away in a matter of months.

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                  @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                  @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                  @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                  I started at 32k

                                  And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                                  Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                                  I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                                  Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

                                  I left

                                  Now the question is why?

                                  Because he didnt want to be a leech?

                                  That would be super moral if that was the reason.

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                                  • coliverC
                                    coliver @Dashrender
                                    last edited by coliver

                                    @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    @Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                    I started at 32k

                                    And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

                                    Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

                                    I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

                                    Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

                                    I left

                                    Now the question is why?

                                    Because he didnt want to be a leech?

                                    That would be super moral if that was the reason.

                                    Which fits... from what I've seen of @wirestyle22

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                                    • wirestyle22W
                                      wirestyle22
                                      last edited by

                                      It's half of the reason. The other half is I was miserable and I mean that as much as I possibly can. Absolute misery.

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                                      • IRJI
                                        IRJ
                                        last edited by

                                        Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

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                                        • wirestyle22W
                                          wirestyle22 @IRJ
                                          last edited by

                                          @IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

                                          Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

                                          Not a single job has trained me. I have never had even a mentor at any of my jobs teaching me anything. I learned everything I know myself (except for ML). I haven't even had a job pay for some shitty cert for me.

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender @wirestyle22
                                            last edited by

                                            @wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

                                            It's half of the reason. The other half is I was miserable and I mean that as much as I possibly can. Absolute misery.

                                            While I suppose it's possible for you, I suspect that most people, if the environment was so toxic, would have stayed, especially considering a near 50% paycut.

                                            Oddly enough - I do have a friend who did just up and quit, no notice, just he was fed up, walked away. Had no job to go to, I think took a 60%+ paycut at the job he did end up getting.

                                            I guess I consider myself lucky that I've worked in such a toxic environment.

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