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@dustinb3403 said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
@coliver said in I can't even:
@dustinb3403 said in I can't even:
First post, claims to make over 100K and is wondering if he should ask for more money as he works for a non-profit, and has be the sole person managing all of these massive projects.
Why wouldn't he ask for more money? Sole person at a 2500 employee company. I'd be asking for more money too.
Size of company or number of IT staff is not really relevant.
He said in the topic (later on) he was the sole person implementing and defining all systems for the organization. So really he is a sys admin.
Implementing and defining are really engineering. Operating them is system admin. But I get the point. However, he's doing tons of other things too, as he's the sole guy. So... he's a generalist. There is no way to be a sole IT guy and be anything but a generalist.
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He has a false title, totally fake, and is using that as his logic for why he needs a raise. He's a "junior tech" most likely, in a non-profit.
None of those tasks that he lists are a big deal. Those are often small one or two day projects. Over the course of a year, that's not an impressive list in any way.
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@scottalanmiller which he already makes a decent salary, just under $100K.
I'd be pretty happy with that, I think.
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@dustinb3403 said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller which he already makes a decent salary, just under $100K.
I'd be pretty happy with that, I think.
Depends on the market. Manhattan, even at a non-profit that's only so good. In Missouri, he's doing great. So very much depends.
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Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
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@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
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@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
where, do you mean in Cali?
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@dashrender said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
where, do you mean in Cali?
LA, SF, SD... any nice city. Basically anywhere people want to be, they take advantage of that and charge 500% what it should be.
Oh, misread... yes in California. But other places too like NY, NY and such.
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If I could take my current wage, and live in Mississippi, I'd be golden!
But, I would never want to live there.... so yeah.
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@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
IT in SF does pretty well. Probably more than most lawyers
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@tim_g said in I can't even:
@dashrender said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
where, do you mean in Cali?
LA, SF, SD... any nice city. Basically anywhere people want to be, they take advantage of that and charge 500% what it should be.
Oh, misread... yes in California. But other places too like NY, NY and such.
I guess I don't see anyone taking advantage of anything - it's called supply and demand. There is way more demand that there is supply, so the prices are high. Where's the issue?
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@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
IT in SF does pretty well. Probably more than most lawyers
I never worked or job hunted there, so I wouldn't know. But I'll keep that in mind lol.
But seriously, if I'm making millions a year, I would still HATE paying ridiculous pricing for housing. If I pay $5k per month for an apartment, the glass better be made of diamonds, and walls of gold, beach front property with a helicopter and pilot for work commuting.
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@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
IT in SF does pretty well. Probably more than most lawyers
I never worked or job hunted there, so I wouldn't know. But I'll keep that in mind lol.
But seriously, if I'm making millions a year, I would still HATE paying ridiculous pricing for housing. If I pay $5k per month for an apartment, the glass better be made of diamonds, and walls of gold, beach front property with a helicopter and pilot for work commuting.
LOL the fact that a beach is nearby apparently is meaningless to you
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@dashrender said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@dashrender said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
where, do you mean in Cali?
LA, SF, SD... any nice city. Basically anywhere people want to be, they take advantage of that and charge 500% what it should be.
Oh, misread... yes in California. But other places too like NY, NY and such.
I guess I don't see anyone taking advantage of anything - it's called supply and demand. There is way more demand that there is supply, so the prices are high. Where's the issue?
The supply is huge. There's tons of housing available.
If you want to talk about low supply, look in Stockholm and surrounding cities. There's absolutely low supply of housing there but the prices are still more normal.
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@tim_g said in I can't even:
@dashrender said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@dashrender said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
where, do you mean in Cali?
LA, SF, SD... any nice city. Basically anywhere people want to be, they take advantage of that and charge 500% what it should be.
Oh, misread... yes in California. But other places too like NY, NY and such.
I guess I don't see anyone taking advantage of anything - it's called supply and demand. There is way more demand that there is supply, so the prices are high. Where's the issue?
The supply is huge. There's tons of housing available.
If you want to talk about low supply, look in Stockholm and surrounding cities. There's absolutely low supply of housing there but the prices are still more normal.
In the good/desirable areas? Seems unlikely.
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@dashrender said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@dashrender said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@dashrender said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:
Loads of non-profits base out of San Fran and that makes $99K below the poverty level.
Only because of the ridiculous housing costs in the big California cities. If you want anything decent that isn't run-down and in the ghetto in between a liquor store and Papa Johns, you're paying at least $2,500 for a small but livable 2 bedroom apartment. It's horrible and should be illegal to charge like that. The price goes up steeply for larger places with more bedrooms.
It's much harder than you think to get a wage higher than the poverty level without being a lawyer, doctor, or executive.
where, do you mean in Cali?
LA, SF, SD... any nice city. Basically anywhere people want to be, they take advantage of that and charge 500% what it should be.
Oh, misread... yes in California. But other places too like NY, NY and such.
I guess I don't see anyone taking advantage of anything - it's called supply and demand. There is way more demand that there is supply, so the prices are high. Where's the issue?
The supply is huge. There's tons of housing available.
If you want to talk about low supply, look in Stockholm and surrounding cities. There's absolutely low supply of housing there but the prices are still more normal.
In the good/desirable areas? Seems unlikely.
I'm talking about most areas. Every city has a few expensive areas... like Hollywood. Some small crappy houses with no land going for millions. I'm not talking about the extremes on both sides. I mean in general.
If you want a decent place, you're paying %500 period.
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The real problem here is that Silicon Valley and top Tech companies are in that area. You have Facebook and Palo Alto, Apple, and Google, all within 50 miles of SF. They pay their IT (which is probably a good majority of their employment body) top dollar. Because of this, landlords skyrocketed their price tags because they know that the people are getting paid this amount, so why not raise the rent to suite? Plus, City of SF has to get their part in. All of this creates an artificial economic bubble that will eventually burst, probably if or when some of these companies begin to leave this area.
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All that might be true, but if people weren't paying it.. then the houses would be vacant, and rent would eventually fall until houses are being rented. So I'm back to my supply vs demand.
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@dashrender said in I can't even:
All that might be true, but if people weren't paying it.. then the houses would be vacant, and rent would eventually fall until houses are being rented. So I'm back to my supply vs demand.
It's not actual supply and demand. It's taking advantage of the supply by controlling demand. If they cut the prices in half, the whole country isn't going to move to California. That's not what is holding people away. There are way more poor people here than those who can afford it.
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@tim_g said in I can't even:
@dashrender said in I can't even:
All that might be true, but if people weren't paying it.. then the houses would be vacant, and rent would eventually fall until houses are being rented. So I'm back to my supply vs demand.
It's not actual supply and demand. It's taking advantage of the supply by controlling demand. If they cut the prices in half, the whole country isn't going to move to California. That's not what is holding people away. There are way more poor people here than those who can afford it.
And where are those poor people? I'm not talking homeless, just the poor.
