Would you work 80 hour weeks for a month or two to make an additional $5-20k per month indefinitely for the foreseeable future?
I would. It's not like it's impossible, it's just more work.
I would. It's not like it's impossible, it's just more work.
Say you're working a standard 9-to-5. Sure, you can submit applications during the evenings, but once you get your foot in the door, you're constrained by the business hours of the place where you're applying.
Most job interviews take place during normal business hours. You might be able to take your lunch hour to do a phone screen, or you might be able to take off a couple of days of PTO for an on-site interview.
But you can't work your normal 9-5 and then expect to do all your job interviews from 5-midnight.
If you're hustling toward a $300-600k/yr gig, I think a lot of temporary insanity can be tolerated in furtherance of that goal. Remember also that salary increases compound over your working career.
> Remember also that salary increases compound over your working career.
Not true. As demostrated by 2021-2 outrageous offers where the market is now correcting itself.
Are many people taking salary cuts? Layoffs?
Enough so to bring them back to where they started?