Levels fyi makes me feel worthless
Realizing I'm underpaid and no longer want to do startups.
Kind of insane I thought I was "good" while making less than most of the lower end posts on levels.
How does anyone deal with this?
Kind of insane I thought I was "good" while making less than most of the lower end posts on levels.
How does anyone deal with this?
Options are:
- Stop caring
- Career-farm until you're no longer on the low end
Unless you're uncomfortably poor, I recommend the first one. It has a better track record of bringing personal happiness.
* Those sites are BS (including Blind) and full of people both bragging, humble bragging, and lying
* You may actually be super underpaid and overworked and might want to look for a new job that treats you better
It's worth keeping both of these in your mind.
I've never wasted my time with Blind, but I've used levels.fyi as a guide for expectations/negotiations at three major tech companies and matched or exceeded the mean for my role all three times. Your mileage may vary, of course.
Edit: I'll also note the most recent was 2 years ago, so if it's gone downhill recently I would not have captured that in personal experience.