Senior analyst salary

Salary: $172,000 - $200,000 About Scratchpad
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Life at Scratchpad
The Scratchpad team is defined by our values: simplicity, ideas, results, speed, delight, and feedback. We profoundly care about our customers, the work we do, and each other. You'll constantly be learning from your colleagues as we have a strong culture of feedback. We believe it's part of what has made us successful as a "remote first" company.
Working on the Engineering Team
You will collaborate with engineers, leadership, product, design, and customers to drive quality and innovation. Being a creative problem solver, you’ll enjoy designing solutions for difficult engineering problems. Building a workspace designed to improve sales performance is not easy, so we're looking for resilient and ambitious people who are excited by this challenge. If you’re compelled to work on a team that leads with empathy, values personal growth and never stops learning, join us!
About You 🎉
User-Focused: You put the user first with a keen sense of how your code will impact the user's experience in terms of performance, security and usability
Language Agnostic: we use a lightweight tech stack of Postgres, Go and Vue
Team Player. You're proactive; you can jump in and help clarify specs, work with users to understand bugs, etc.
Experienced: 6+ years as a backend engineer
Goal Oriented: Problem-solver mindset who's biased towards action and getting stuff done
Self Aware: You don’t shy away from asking for help and are unafraid to say, “I don’t know”.
Lifelong Learner: Place value on personal growth and constructive feedback
Empathetic Communicator: You take a compassionate, organized and collaborative communication style with colleagues and users
Your Impact 🛠️
Take full ownership of bringing specs to life by impacting all aspects of the development process from ideation, design, delivery, maintenance, and operations
Collaborate with teammates to come up with solutions to architectural and scaling challenges
Work cross-functionally and with end-users (revenue teams) to craft the best experience possible
Help shape the future of Scratchpad's culture and product
Perks 🎁
Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Medical, dental, and vision insurance (with 80% premium coverage)
$1,200 L&D stipend per fiscal year
Paid parental leave
Flexible Vacation/PTO + 11 company-wide holidays
401k with 4% company matching (and vests instantly!)
Stipend for home office
At least two in-person company offsites a year
Fully remote
Compensation
The estimated base salary range for this role is $172,000 - $200,000. Compensation estimates are based on market data about the role and level while individual compensation offers will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Our Commitment ❤️
We believe that great ideas can come from anyone and anywhere. As an equal opportunity employer, we interact with respect, kindness, and compassion. We are committed to building a company that embraces and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion. We're not afraid to let go of existing beliefs as we learn new information and uncover better ideas.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Diverse teams build better products, offer more unique perspectives and help foster an inclusive environment for everyone.
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(not ranked; each piece of advice is just as important)

• Get your class requirements done NOW so you can do the fun classes later. I did two elections back in freshman year and now I have to do Spanish class as a senior with a bunch of freshmen, and sophomores. Not fun. Most of my friends are now in "advanced Photography" where you can basically just chill and have time to do other classes' homework. Check your school's or district's requirements to graduate and get those required classes done ASAP.
• DO NOT disregard your freshman year as it is your most IMPORTANT year. A lot of people say junior or senior year is your most important year. That's bullshit. Freshman year is. It's when you're in your most immature and neglectful self. If your freshman self is not careful, it WILL fuck up your GPA, unless you have straight A's the rest of your high school years. Please, just do your homework, stay off your phone, and talk to your teacher. That's all you have to do.
• Make friends NOW. It really isn't hard. I'm sure you have enough classes to make enough friends. Find a group. Trust me. It may even help your GPA.
• Be a FRIEND to your teacher. Either be a friend or don't be an enemy. Being an enemy of your teacher is not worth it. If you don't like them, keep your status as a normal student to them. Otherwise, be their friend as it will help your grade. Listen to them and respect their rules. They deal with shitheads every day, make their day easier.
• Do ALL of your homework. No missing assignments. If there are, do the missing assignments first, or make it one of your first priorities. This is so important as doing literally all of your homework (with effort) will guarantee you a passing grade. If you struggle, talk to your teacher ASAP.
• Choose the classes that INTEREST you. In earlier years of high school, I understand you will have limited options but if there are more options, research the class and choose whichever most interests you. If I had a choice between biology and chemistry, I'd personally choose chemistry because I like Breaking Bad lol. Finding something you're already interested in and finding a subject that's related to it is a good way to choose your class. PLEASE CHECK if it fills your graduation requirements. Do not take a class that you will waste your time in. Also, don't mistake this advice for electives like taking a "piano" class in your freshman year. If your school does require some sort of "Fine Arts" elective, save it for your senior year. Take the boring classes now.
• Cheat if you HAVE to but don't do it in certain circumstances. This piece of advice may get hate but let's be honest, most kids today have access to technology and Google, so don't say "I've barely cheated" or "how are you gonna tell kids to cheat?". There are certain situations where cheating is valid and it isn't. IMPORTANT: Exams or tests where you can't cheat (lockdown browser or you're sitting in front of the class), then don't cheat on your homework because you NEED to learn about it. Tests when you can cheat (google forms, carefree teacher), go ahead and cheat on your homework if you absolutely DON'T have time for homework (examples: sports practice, doctor's appointment, etc.) Again, I'm not exactly suggesting cheating but only do so when you need to. Don't waste your time doing work that can easily be done in a matter of minutes.
• DO NOT be afraid/embarrassed to get help. My high ego cost me some of my GPA. Message your teacher, talk to your parents, or maybe even post to Reddit. Get a tutor if you need to. Having constant stress or a consistent F at the beginning of the semester are both big signs you need help.
• Staying on your phone on TikTok/YouTube/Instagram for more than 30 minutes at home/school is a TOTAL time-waster. This can also lead to procrastination. Your time is better spent getting homework done, studying, or practicing hobbies/sports. I like to use my YouTube time when eating dinner. I sound like a parent but it's true. Your phone time is better spent worry-free from homework.
  • Getting on social media/video games first thing in the morning is the absolute WORST thing you could do to yourself. Please don't do it.
• If your school has community service required, knock them out ASAP. Get them all done your freshman year or sophomore year or whatever just get them done NOW. Get your friends to do some with you or whatever it takes to motivate you to get them done. You most likely won't have time to do them in your junior or senior year as more difficult classes, sports, and your job will take up your time.
  • If you have the opportunity or the specific community service interests you, do as many hours as possible for a possible Volunteer award. Which helps your transcript/resume.
• CHOOSE a sport by gut and practice it ALOT. Do not search for "best sports" or "most attractive sports". Choose one that most interests you by watching the sport's icons (Messi, Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, etc.) or just by playing it. Maybe your favorite video game is related to it. Sure, no one is gonna care that you won the MVP award back in high school but you're going to be glad that you had memories there. It'll also help your transcript/resume. Joining a team is an opportunity to make friends as well.
  • You CAN do sports and have a job at the same time. Prioritize your schedule. Have an 8-hour or 6-hour shift only on Saturdays. Wait until the end of the season to extend your hours. It's possible.
• ALWAYS take the Honors version of the class. IMO, it is not worth it to take the regular version of a class as the Honors are just as difficult but a little more work. If you think the Honors class was easy and got you interested in the subject, take the AP version. If you weren't really interested in the subject, that's fine as you got more credit for basically the same work. Next year, do a different Honors subject.
• You don't HAVE to do AP classes. Please don't force yourself to do an AP class because your friends are doing it or you think it's a subject you're interested in or you have to raise your GPA. Do it because you did the Honors class (or the class that gets you prepared) beforehand or if you are REALLY interested in the subject or if it seems easier for you than the regular class. I took AP Lang because I was more interested in writing than reading, which was the regular 12th-grade English course.
• Begin to research colleges and your educational future at the end of your SOPHOMORE year. Meaning see which colleges interest you. What careers interest you. This is so you will know what future classes to take and as well as which requirements to fill. Niche has a checklist of the things you should do to prepare for college.
• Prepare and take the SAT in your junior AND senior year. This increases your chances of getting into better colleges. It doesn't matter what your goals are as it will significantly help your transcript/resume. Fit 'Khan Academy SAT Practice' into your schedule but don't make it stressful.
• APPLY to a lot of scholarships. As many as you can, and as early as you can. This is usually during the end of junior year or the beginning of senior year.
• APPLY for FAFSA asap. Find out when it's available for you during your juniosenior year. Free money. Don't waste it.
• Depending on your goals, get a part-time job ASAP. As soon as you turn 14-16, find a part-time job near you that most interests you and has minimum wage or above minimum wage. If you can't find a job around 3 months after your birthday, you, unfortunately, have to work at McDonald's or something similar. Although, this 'part-time job' advice may be void if you already have career goals that require professional athletic training or AP classes. Get money while you're young and have no taxes/bills to pay.
  • It is said that education is more important than money at this age but this is more true for students that are on a higher level of education. The more they focus on education, the more likely they are to get into a college that has a high employment rate for high-salary jobs. If you're a student that has done mostly regular classes, get a job. But if your classes' difficulty takes almost all of your time all week, don't get a job.
• If you do get a job, save literally ALL of your money. Maybe put aside $50 each paycheck for clothing or fast food here and there but your future self is going to want to invest it, buy a car soon, or save for college/business.
• If you do get money, please stay FRUGAL. Join the subreddit. Do whatever it takes so you don't waste your money on stupid shit that you don't need or won't last you long. Eat at home as much as possible.
• Please get SLEEP. Most students don't. Be one of the few that does and get the benefit of better focus, mood, and productivity. This is so important, do NOT neglect your sleep for phone time or homework. This is why you should get your homework done earlier.
  • Poor sleep has done so many bad things to me that you couldn't imagine. I can't stress this enough, make it a priority.
• Video games are WORTHLESS to invest your time in now. Please for the love of god do not have a "Rocket League 2-hour practice routine" or "Valorant Aim training practice" in your daily routine. It is a complete waste of time and is rather best put into homework, studying, sports, or useful hobbies. I'm not saying to completely stop playing video games, I'm saying to not make it a priority. Do play video games with your close friends as these may be your last few years with them. Again, this may be void if you somehow make money out of this, but that is rare.
• Whatever your current hobbies are (that aren't video games or TikTok), learn and practice them NOW. Guitar, cooking, painting, reading, learning a new language, skating, or whatever; make it one of your priorities aside from homework because trust me, you wish you would've started sooner.
• A girlfriend/boyfriend is NOT worth the time unless they don't show any red flags AT ALL. This means no signs of toxicity, treats you and your family like family, and you did not force yourself to like this person just because you wanted a partner. It all has to be natural, otherwise, do not get one now. Even if it is natural and you eventually break up, it's a valuable life lesson.
• If you like someone naturally, talk to them NOW. This is when friends come in. Get your most close friend or the friend that talks to girls and talk to them about what you should say. You really can't mess up (unless you say something aggressive like anti-Semitic or racist) because if they like you then they won't care if you're nervous or didn't say the "right thing". If you get rejected, you are only a stronger being now. Do NOT blame yourself for getting rejected. I met my first girlfriend with no 'rizz' and we bonded for a year.
  • Yes, you will see ugly guys have pretty women in their contacts and you may think it's their rizz but it's just the girls' type. Your future girlfriend's type will be you and your type will be her.
• They rejected you or broke up with you? DO NOT CONTACT THEM FIRST EVER AGAIN. Not worth your time. The 'person who REJECTED you' advice may be void if they end up being good friends in which you could talk to friends of friends and maybe find another person to talk to. Again, who REJECTED, not BROKE UP. If you are still deeply in love with the person who rejected you, you can't be friends. Sorry.
• DON'T feel pressured to go to a party/function. Go if your friends are going or if you're extraverted. Almost all parties I've been to are just for getting high and drunk. If you choose that route, make it occasional, and don't make it a habit. Having vaping or juuling as a habit is NOT worth it, especially now while your lungs are healthy. If there's music, it's Mike Sherm, not Pitbull like you see in the movies.
• Having a conflict with another person now is CORNY. Who gives a fuck if they cheated on you or if they called you a bitch or they don't "fuck" with you. It's HIGH SCHOOL. Learn, make friends, and have fun. If you're already part of a conflict, it's not worth it. Be a "man" or "woman" and not give a fuck. You are not a bitch if they call you one for not standing up for yourself. You're a bitch by giving a fuck for something not worth your time.
  • Obviously, fight back if they physically hurt you. Learn a 'bitch' move (poke the eye, hit in the balls, punch in the gut) and leave. Jiu-jitsu or wrestling is also fun to learn if you have the time.
• Start off with the BASICS and find your style. Basics mean plain shirts, regular-fit jeans, white sneakers, etc. Then find your style from there with celebrity inspirations or Pinterest albums. Wear what you like but please do not get caught wearing a skirt with fishnets, a shawl-collar cardigan, or a peacoat. People will tell you "dress however you want" but not here dude, not here. Wear appropriate things you'd wear to a sports game or the grocery store.
• If you have the chance to become fit, start NOW. Chubby? Lose weight. Skinny? Gain muscle. There are subreddits for these. If your parents cook at home most of the time, ask for more whole meals that suit your diet and HELP cook them. Start slow when you're changing your diet. Do not go from fast food to straight-up whole meals. You will most likely get de-motivated within a few days. Again, you wish would've started sooner. Start now if you have access to weights and a balanced diet. My school had a weights training class with barbells, so I started there and eventually changed my diet.
  • PLEASE DO NOT LIFT WITHOUT A GOOD DIET. Fitness is 80% diet, 20% exercise. Please do not be that person that lifts, then goes to eat a 40-count nugget at McDonald's. Exercising without a good diet is a TOTAL waste of time.
• CLEAN your room. Messy room, messy mind. This is also in case you ever have someone unexpected over.
• (BONUS) Learn chess and become at least an intermediate player. Depending on your school, there may be a chess tournament that includes a prize. Most likely money. This is also a nice hobby to improve memory, problem-solving, reading skills, and concentration.

So I currently work at home as a gov contractor for the fed gov with clearance and all as an intelligence analyst but I was planning to deviate to cyber security with certs to up my income. I have a bachelors in economics. I know a tax lady who runs her own business and she is very rich. She works in a poor area but charges $150 to 250 per client and people pay it. Wondering if a cpa would be worth it at this age and what salary prospects are there? I'm in dc.

I am currently an audit associate at regional PA firm. I’ve been working here for an year and I had a good annual review with a partner. He said I should be a senior after one more year, which I am planning to leave the firm after that.
I was told that it’s better to go to B4 as a senior than an associate, so I would like to consider that as an option.
I am also thinking about applying for accounting rotational programs for auto manufacturing or tech companies, which lasts about an year or two.
Has anyone joined B4 as a senior? If so, what was your experience like? How much of salary increase did you get from the previous job?
If anyone has done a rotational program, then I would like to hear some cons and pros of it as well! My friend has done one for GM but I don’t really know what he means by, “I just log on and watch TV or play on Xbox most of the time.” He won’t tell me anything else other than it’s not a lot of work and pays are amazing.

I work a well paying corporate mid-level job at a major (you’ve heard of it) US company. This company has been doing layoffs but so far, I’ve been spared.
My job is completely toxic and unsustainable- I work gross hours, basically doing the job of 3-4 people, lots of grunt work I would have expected much earlier in my career. I have raised to my manager but because of layoffs and hiring freezes there is no help in sight.
I work like a dog with no recognition, recently got a less than stellar performance review despite working 50-60 hours a week to just “keep the lights on”
I don’t think I’m imagining things, I’ve shown emails and communications to my partner and a few friends who agree I’m not crazy, I’m being set up to fail.
This job is killing me. I have no life, my friends and relationships have gone by the wayside, I don’t have time for things I love, don’t even have time to cook or exercise.
The question: I want to quit, I don’t have a new job yet… am I stupid??? I have enough money to be OK for 3-6 months and I have a partner who is making a good living but it will be an adjustment. I’ll use the time to find a new job.
Concerned about the job market in the US right now, tons of layoffs - I’m looking for a role in mid senior management in a major metro. I could go down in salary a bit for my mental health but ideally not.

Demographics: Chinese male, uncompetitive school(?) (suburban NY school out shadowed by every other school around it) First gen student and immigrant, sister went to Cornell.
Intended majors: Double major in comp sci + Electrical and Computer Engineering (with hopes to filter into cybersec)
SAT: 1550, 800 Math 750 English Average: 4.0 unweighted (From 97.36 UW) and something like 4.4 weighted? (99.23 W) Likely to go down to a 3.99 UW due to AP Chem Rank: 25/299
Coursework: -Sophomore: APWH: 4
-Junior: APUSH, Calc AB (skipped pre-calc), AP Lang, AP Chem
-Self-study: Physics 1/2
-Senior: AP Gov, Bio, Physics C E&M, Physis C M, Calc BC, Lit, Diff EQ
-Self-study: APCSA/CSP/Chinese
-Dual Enrollment: Pre-engineering at a local SUNY through my district & is one of 5 students from my school that will be taking it. 3 credits from ASU for skipping pre-calc (A) 3 credits in statistics (A) & 4 credits in Multivariable Calculus (A) at community college 4 credits from Linear Algebra (A-) at UCSD extension Total of 85 college credits through the ACE and my certificates (more of CompTIA gets accepted).
Awards: NJHS, Tri M Music Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, National English Honor Society, My Alpha Theta Honor Society, Rho Kappa Honor Society
Essays: maybe 8/10?
LORs: Engineering teacher 10/10 (We won the NASA TechRise competition and I'm the kid that drafted most of the project. 1/3 that actually cares it seems) Cambridge professor 10/10, not sure for others. I plan on having the principal write the counselor letter since we have a decent relationship maybe 8/10?
ECs:
-Student administrator of a 501c3 (local Chinese association and Chinese school) [I did not start it, I merely joined it and run most of it including website, teacher work, etc.]
-Omni-present in the district robotics club
-Staff writer for a computer hardware site that's decently well known (cultists.network, best known for power supply tier list)
-Research with a professor from Cambridge on the use of a hardware security device to prevent malicious Bluetooth connections.
[email protected] for quantum computing and physics
-Stage Crew co-president, lights operator
-SAT Math tutor on Schoolhouse
-Reed College Junior Scholar (IDK if this is even worth mentioning)
-NYU Colligate Seminar Student [Knot Theory and Medicine] (Again, IDK if this is worth mentioning)
Certificates: -CompTIA ITF+, A+, Network+, Security+, PenTest+, CASP+(Mastery certificate, hardest of the stack), Cloud Essentials+, Linux+, Data+, Project+
-Alibaba: Cloud Computing
-AWS: Certified Cloud Practitioner
-(ISC)2: Certified in Cybersecurity
-Microsoft: SC-200 Security Operations Analyst Associate
-IBM: Cybersecurity Analyst, Data Visualizations, Data Science, Applied Data Science, Data Engineer, Data Analyst
-Google: IT Professional, Digital Marketing, Data Analytics
Desired schools: ED: Cornell
EDII: CMU
RD: HYPSM, UC Berkeley/LA, Caltech, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Harvey Mudd, JHU, Northwestern, Rice, University of Cambridge, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, WashU, BU, NYU, Brandeis, Olin
EA: Stony Brook, UBuff, Binghamton, RPI, RIT, MIT, UChicago, Georgia Tech, UMich, UMass Amherst, UNC Chapel Hill, UVA, Purdue, NEU, UIUC, VT
As a quick note, I was rejected from the following summer programs: RSI, Stony Brook Simons, UCSB RMP, and Notre Dame Leadership Seminars; this led me to get quite worried about the upcoming college admissions process.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Before I say anything, remember I’m talking about living in San Francisco where the cost of living is astronomical. Rent is $5,000+ a month for enough room for a couple and houses with enough room for two people start at $1.2 million.
Back in 2014 I got my first job where I made $200,000. I was CTO at a Series A company with a small engineering department of 4 people in San Francisco. I felt rich.
In 2022, I was working as a Chief Software Architect for a Series A company. My base salary? $200,000. The same salary despite having 8 more years of experience under my belt. Not once during the time in between had my base ever exceeded that amount. That’s a 21% pay cut due to inflation. I obviously made more since I rarely only worked one job (and we’ll cover that more in a bit) but the fact that I never seemed able to get beyond that base had really started to bother me.
I always knew I could try to go work at a FAANG or a larger corporation, but I wasn’t built for bureaucracy. I’m a builder. I once heard a story from a friend who worked at Google, who frequently told me the only hard part of his $800k/year job was the interview process. He told me he was once assigned what was described as an urgent task. He completed it in a few days and then submitted it for code review. He then asked if he should work on something else. He was told to wait until it was reviewed. So he waited. And waited. And ended up waiting three weeks……and doing nothing during that time.
Personally, I’d have gone insane. That kind of job isn’t for me, no matter the compensation. So I have always worked at small startups where I can be challenged, stay busy, and directly see the impact of your work almost daily but as you age, life becomes more expensive and the math starts to no longer add up.
Startups tell you your low salary will be made up for by equity. Well, let’s take a look at that.
As far as I can count, I have vested equity in 12 startups in my work history, not counting my own, one of which did pay out handsomely. Of those 12, only one paid out. Change:Healthcare, the very first one I worked at. I was employee #4: Director of Finance and Strategy. I actually developed the math, algorithms, and systems behind their first and premier product. I vested around 23 months of equity. So when they sold to Emdeon for $135 million in 2014, how much did I get? $5,400. Employee #4, two years of equity.
That’s the sum total of cash I have gotten from 15 years of equity working for other startups.
All the other money I earned was from salaries at or under $200,000.
So when I went looking for a new job this past January, I said I wouldn’t accept $200k any longer. I’m an extremely experienced CTO, successful CEO with an exit under my belt, and can write code and architect infrastructure with the best of them.
And what did I find? The worst job market I have ever seen. I applied to over 500 positions to get 5 interviews. Recruiters told me endlessly that my resume was absolutely top notch, but an average CTO position was getting around 1,500 applications. Even though 95-99% of those people weren’t qualified and I was, my resume was getting lost in the noise. Some of the interviews I did get did finally pay more, in the $300-400k range. But for various, and good, reasons, they took a pass on me. I worked several consulting jobs and actually lived a pretty good lifestyle in the meantime, but I was still looking for that anchor job to be stable income.
But some of the interviews were the opposite and seemed stuck in time. One Series C company that had raised $35 million reached out to me directly and showed a lot of interest in hiring me. Even better, they were an API product, my specialty. They needed a replacement CTO. Sign me up! They had a team of 55 engineers and needed someone to re-architect their software. Oh boy, this sounds fun and challenging! So how much does it pay? $225,000.
I’m sorry, can you say that again?
That’s right. You want me to go from a cushy $200k Chief Software Architect job to a full blown managing 55 people and the entire engineering department for a $25,000 raise? I had to stifle some laughter. I also didn’t explain earlier that I was working two other significant contracting positions while working that CSA job, since it took up so little time so my total take home was very high. This, of course, would leave no time for that, meaning I’d actually be taking a huge pay cut.
I gently asked them if there was any room for that figure to go up. They said no. I told them I was a pass. To date, they are still looking. Gee, I wonder why.
So enter this past week’s company, which I will leave nameless. I had two interviews with the CEO and we hit it off very well. He gave me a verbal offer for a much higher base salary that I was happier with that was contingent on some easy factors and also agreed to let me consult on the side. Seemed like a good fit. Then, through no rhyme or reason that I can figure out, he changed his mind this week. The reason he gave was “timeline” saying he couldn’t make our target April 1 start date, but of course the recruiter and I said my timeline was flexible, but the CEO would give no other reason for why he was suddenly passing on me, clearly lying for some reason.
That’s when I remembered that not only was the pay low at most of these positions……while I enjoyed the actual engineering work, the culture was generally terrible. The unending abuse from bosses who expected the impossible or for you to put in ridiculous hours while paying you (comparably) low wages is insane at startups. I have endless stories. There was the CEO who wanted me to move from one hosting provider to AWS in 24 hours. Except we had a 2TB database. When I explained to him it was physically impossible to move all of that data in that timeframe, he fired me. There was the founder who asked me in December for an estimate on his product. I said mid-March. He, of course, added dozens of features in between those dates. On March 15th, he called me up and asked, “So what time are we launching today?” Confused, I asked him what he meant. He said I had promised him that was our launch date and he had told all of his investors to expect a live website by the end of the day. I spent the rest of the day working harder than I ever have to get something out the door working.
There was the CEO who would call me repeatedly at 3am, breaking through do-not-disturb, to ask if I had completed a feature and if I hadn’t, why I wasn’t working. You can bet I didn’t stay at that job very long. No one did.
Then there was the company that hired me under false pretenses. I was hired for a very cushy, low paid job to just relax for a few years. Then my first day came and they told me I was in charge of building a bank for them, an entire new division of the company, all for $165k/yr. Over 9 months, I wrote 160,000 lines of code, worked endless 80+ hour weeks, was doing the roles of 5 people, and was denied raises dozens of times. They eventually burned me out and I quit. And if I had stayed and vested all of my equity for 4 years it would be worth exactly $14,000 today (they did IPO).
So after being lied to by this CEO and being treated unbelievably unprofessionally and disrespectfully, I’ve had it. I’m through. I’ve given 15 years of my life to working for other people’s startups with almost nothing to show for it except a lot of war wounds, PTSD, and admittedly, a lot of fantastic and valuable technical expertise.
So I’m going out on my own. I had already made this decision to some extent but I’m doubling down. My new consulting firm is now my full time job. And today, I’m proud to say we made our first hire. We now have a Senior VP of iOS Development. And he’s a real 10Xer. The best of the best. And I’m not paying him a salary but a percentage of all the revenue he generates (the vast majority in fact) and if he brings in work, he gets part of my revenue too. We’re going to be churning out top notch iOS apps soon, one after another. And no one will be under compensating me for my time or telling me what meaningless meeting I have to go to, or calling me at 3am like some inmate or firing me because they don't understand transfer rates.
I’m done being a wage slave. The only company that ever significantly paid out was my 2nd startup. Well, this isn’t a startup, but I am my own boss again, and my destiny is in my own hands. And I’m a lot more comfortable with that than it being in someone else’s because I trust me a lot more than I trust them.
edit: The most common reaction to this is that I should focus on building wealth for companies and not just my salary. Well, I have always been focused on building wealth first. I’ve added hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars to valuations of the dozen plus startups I’ve worked for. And of course, after I do, I’ve asked for more equity. And of course, it’s always been denied.
The most direct evidence I have that I’ve always been under compensated is what happens to companies when for whatever reason I leave. Quite frankly, the tech side of their business, and frequently the business itself, entirely falls apart and in some cases, the businesses have quickly failed. Others have lost so much money they’ve been forced to do down rounds, losing hundreds of millions of dollars in their valuations.
So I know exactly how much I’m worth and I have direct evidence that I’ve been under compensated at pretty much every company I’ve ever worked for.
Which is exactly why I’m not going to keep all that value for myself.

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Hi everyone,
I am presently in a SOC with the in-house title, if you will, as "Document and Process Analyst". However, I noticed awhile back that my actual title, per HR is SOC analyst level 3 (for reference we basically have 5 tiers - higher number being more senioexperience). I suspect the real reason is to justify for my asked salary, but I was never told that directly by anyone.
I've read many times now that titles are ambiguous and most of the time can mean very little. That being said, the reason I care about it in this particular case at all is because I am updating my resume.
With all that context in mind - how would you suggest I label my job title on a resume?
Should I just put "SOC analyst 3 - Document/Process Analyst"?
Put "SOC analyst 3" and explain the work I did at the interview?
Or leave it as it is now on my resume which is "Document and Process Analyst(Cybersecurity)"?
PS Open to other ideas/suggestions as well!
Thanks,
V2D

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Full disclosure, this is a venting post.
For financial reasons, two years ago, when my office was still remote, I moved about 2.5 hrs away from where my office is located (when everyone was still remote anyway). I was remote for a year after most of the "inside team" went back to the office - with the permission of the manager who hired me and knew I worked very hard. I was glued to a computer for 8 hours and always picked up the phone, was on every zoom call....and my team lead/manager said it was ok, since I am the only person that does my job and they could see I was working (I input sales opportunities into
I was even excluded from the HR email that asked employees to go back to the office June 2021 (I only found out later).
I started going back for meetings and to touch base August 2022. In that time, my manager (the guy who was flexible) was being driven out of my company. I had no idea of any of this. Cue regional director, who is...well, a taciturn asshole. I introduced myself to this regional director. He knows I'm doing something important (managing our jobs pipeline in salesforce). He wants to use salesforce.
I manage salesforce and salesforce reporting for this office - alone. On my own steam, on my self-training.
Even the "new" regional director, the guy that drove him away, acquiesced to my being remote part of the work. There is another employee from my office that is fulltime remote; he doesn't even come back for meetings.
Because I am not a confident enough driver to get in/out of the city by myself, it was extraordinarily difficult to get in/out of the city (and expensive). It still is. In hindsight, part of me worried if I went back, say, once a week, I'd be forced to go back 3 days. Now that feels unforgivably stupid, and HR read that as quitting the company. (This was before I was vaccinated, as well).
Even though I'm not the only remote employee, even though my previous manager and current team lead (different people) were happy with me, even though there was a huge dust-up in the office calling for my being hired (and strung along as a contractor for 18 months, when I asked to be converted at 6) - even though I'm not back in my office once a week (I have no cubicle or drawers) - my team lead notified I'm being penalized and excluded from a companywide-wise, the annual 2.5% salary increase. I would guess exclusively, out of everyone in our office, even though he didn't say so. I'm curious how many people in this company were passed over for the raise.
He could not share anything with me. My manager refused to give reasons. I want to confront HR, frankly. The HR manager and the company president laid eyes on me this week and sneered at my being in the office. He knew why I was there.
When you're already underpaid and its a policy procedure - it's a very serious punishment. I'm worried after all this and being out of sync with the social life of this office, it's the only notice I'm going to be given these people are going to fire me.
I'm not supposed to even know I won't be getting a raise until the end of this April.
I am paid the lowest possible salary I can be paid for my title - an entry level salary, the sort of salary you would be a 22 year old fresh out of college and without any experience (I brought about 4 years of experience to the role when I started). Lower, even.
I receive no professional development to be more useful in my job or learning to do a job of more value to these people, and have had to do it all alone, far exceeding what was asked for in this role - for no additional pay at all. It seems other members of administrative agencies in this very large company get promoted. I'm alone.
I don't actually believe that's normal, except for people that are easy to exploit. I'm in my 30s, I'm already facing soft ageism. Much of my resume is admin contract work (through no choice of my own, it created a recursive loop) and I have been explicitly told I am not a desirable candidate on that basis.
In interviews, I can defend my current work history with real pride and in detail, since I have good work ethic, pick things up quickly, and I know I've made a different in my office and the sales team activity, but I am ashamed and continually made to feel ashamed. I'm on the wrong side of 30 health-wise and mentally and with the face employers see (I'm unattractive, generally, and while friendly, able to make a little small talk about other people's lives, ask about their lives, and be polite, women are supposed to be bubbly and never awkward; I can watch other women in my office and it makes a huge difference). The women I went to high school with are working for Google, senior counsel for JPMorgan, working in universities as associates directors, earning $100k+ - maybe more.
I by contrast am a sales coordinator working an entry level role when I have six years of work experience (again, not for lack of trying, it took that long even to get horrible contract jobs) and now, to experience this, after working very hard for this company for four years, in a job I see now is a dead end...anticipating being fired, when this office still needs someone to do my job (and no one will ever care as much as I did)...makes me feel afraid, too. It's impossible not to internalize this. I berate myself for not using this time to take the GMAT, get a salesforce cert, learn to code, go to a bootcamp.
I am senior in my role and keep getting passed over, when I contracted in companies that gave the job I'm doing now...to other, later-coming temps that didn't work harder than I did, weren't more invested, polite, or professional. I'm not a felon. I'm not a social misfit. I bathe. I ask questions. I treat people with respect.
But I might as well be, actually. (Frankly, I worked with a someone with a coke record who was nurtured when I wasn't).
My old manager at this company valued and liked me, even though it took a while, and he was easy to talk to. It took a long time to get there. I miss him terribly. The last conversation we had, where he told me he couldn't help me...I started looking then but it's been a world of "no/you suck."
I know what I have to do - leave - but my casual job search so far has been so disheartening.
I just don't have the skills to not be abused and I'll admit it, on the weekends, the time I should be using to amend that, I'm burnt out. That's going to change but it's different trying to (as an example) pass a certification exam under duress. I have no life, no friends, stopped exercising because by days' end, I just want to sleep. And honestly, I'm ashamed of my career. I'm humiliated I'm such a loser.
I'm so angry at myself, though. I worked so hard, work so hard, and the punishments never stop.

I would like to seek the opinions of my industry colleagues on whether the current job offer aligns with the prevailing market conditions. I am a CPL landman with a decade of experience, including both in-house and fieldwork. I hold an MBA from Rice University in Houston. The offer is for a senior land position at a major public company. I have multiple interviews scheduled for next week, but I need to respond to this offer relatively soon. The position is based in downtown Houston, with the following compensation package:

• Salary: $140,000
• Bonus: 7-15%
• 401K match: up to 7%
• No stock options
• PTO: 3 weeks, plus 3 weeks of sick leave
• Health insurance

Please share your thoughts on the competitiveness of this offer.
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Greater pay transparency is essential in our industry, particularly in terms of salary and daily rates in relation to specific job roles. Although AAPL publishes a compensation survey, the landman role remains ambiguous, as it does not clearly distinguish between in-house negotiation for acreage trades and courthouse-based abstractor roles.

Hi all, I’m a recent graduate with an educational background in business and finance. I recently got the following job offers that I need help choosing from:
BLOOMBERG Analytics and Sales - role includes learning financial concepts and Bloomberg Terminal functionalities to therefore be able to support clients using the terminal with any queries they have.
Pros: - I have a very keen interest in working in tech, either engineering or data science. Bloomberg apparently really supports moving around internally and progressing career in any area. - Starts in May, and I need to work asap as funds are quickly running out. - Role is based in London so pay is quite good. And I like living in London, would definitely like to stay. - I hear the networking opportunities are fantastic, office is amazing and culture is supportive.
Cons: - I’m not really excited about the role, as it is basically a help-desk position. Applied simply with the hopes of moving into data analyst/engineering position with the right training. - The technical training I’d have to do in my own time outside work, and I worry it may not be as easy to move around as I suspect. Hence the fear of being stuck in this role I do not like. - London cost of living. Though salary is high, so are the costs. And very difficult to find somewhere affordable to live where I can still save a decent amount etc.
BARCLAYS Aspiring Developer Analyst - this is a year long programme aimed to train and teach coding skills to become a Software Developer. Able to move into any technical position in the company afterwards, depending on how you do. Could be SE, Data Science, Developer, etc. Will also be working on projects alongside the training.
Pros: - I’m able to break into Tech, which is what I’m really interested in, and these skills would open many doors for me. I’m looking to either focus on Data Science or become a SE/SD. - The pay is relatively good, not as high as Bloomberg though. - Mostly work from home, and I know the career path has great work life balance. - Outside of London, so expenses are not as high and salary would be higher after expenses. - Very supportive culture, also able to move around, people are great.
Cons: - Only starts in August, and I really need to start working soon and money is thinning. Am trying to find a full time internship at startups etc for now to earn a bit, but the processes have been slow. - Outside London, but only like 1h30 drive from London so not too bad. And I don’t mind as I still have easy access to London. May be good to be out for a year or two until things calm down. - Take forever to get the ID checks and verifications. Got the offer two weeks ago, and have not yet received the contract. Apparently it does take a while so don’t feel quite secure/stable yet. - Not sure about being ‘IT at a bank’ as some have referred to it. Apparently a lot of red tape and slow processes. But of course I’m just starting in this career, so don’t think I mind that too much. I just want to learn, and doing so at an established bank seems like a fantastic opportunity.
This is what I have come up with so far. I’ve listed the pros and cons in order of importance sort of. So whatever is at the top of one of the lists is the most important thing for me. It’s been tough trying to make a decision. Any insight and advice would be much appreciated. Feel free to add to the lists based on your experience. I’d appreciate the help! Thanks in advance!

Hi all, I’m a recent graduate with an educational background in business and finance. I recently got the following job offers that I need help choosing from:
BLOOMBERG Analytics and Sales - role includes learning financial concepts and Bloomberg Terminal functionalities to therefore be able to support clients using the terminal with any queries they have.
Pros: - I have a very keen interest in working in tech, either engineering or data science. Bloomberg apparently really supports moving around internally and progressing career in any area. - Starts in May, and I need to work asap as funds are quickly running out. - Role is based in London so pay is quite good. And I like living in London, would definitely like to stay. - I hear the networking opportunities are fantastic, office is amazing and culture is supportive.
Cons: - I’m not really excited about the role, as it is basically a help-desk position. Applied simply with the hopes of moving into data analyst/engineering position with the right training. - The technical training I’d have to do in my own time outside work, and I worry it may not be as easy to move around as I suspect. Hence the fear of being stuck in this role I do not like. - London cost of living. Though salary is high, so are the costs. And very difficult to find somewhere affordable to live where I can still save a decent amount etc.
BARCLAYS Aspiring Developer Analyst - this is a year long programme aimed to train and teach coding skills to become a Software Developer. Able to move into any technical position in the company afterwards, depending on how you do. Could be SE, Data Science, Developer, etc. Will also be working on projects alongside the training.
Pros: - I’m able to break into Tech, which is what I’m really interested in, and these skills would open many doors for me. I’m looking to either focus on Data Science or become a SE/SD. - The pay is relatively good, not as high as Bloomberg though. - Mostly work from home, and I know the career path has great work life balance. - Outside of London, so expenses are not as high and salary would be higher after expenses. - Very supportive culture, also able to move around, people are great.
Cons: - Only starts in August, and I really need to start working soon and money is thinning. Am trying to find a full time internship at startups etc for now to earn a bit, but the processes have been slow. - Outside London, but only like 1h30 drive from London so not too bad. And I don’t mind as I still have easy access to London. May be good to be out for a year or two until things calm down. - Take forever to get the ID checks and verifications. Got the offer two weeks ago, and have not yet received the contract. Apparently it does take a while so don’t feel quite secure/stable yet. - Not sure about being ‘IT at a bank’ as some have referred to it. Apparently a lot of red tape and slow processes. But of course I’m just starting in this career, so don’t think I mind that too much. I just want to learn, and doing so at an established bank seems like a fantastic opportunity.
This is what I have come up with so far. I’ve listed the pros and cons in order of importance sort of. So whatever is at the top of one of the lists is the most important thing for me. It’s been tough trying to make a decision. Any insight and advice would be much appreciated. Feel free to add to the lists based on your experience. I’d appreciate the help! Thanks in advance!

What's the best way to portray this?
Currently I'm 5 years into my data analyst career (title: senior data analyst in tech). I have a bachelor's degree in biology which I've also felt a bit insecure about since I'm surrounded by engineemath degree holders.
Technically my degree is still STEM so I was wondering if it's best to just put BSc and leave it at that? The university is a very reputable one so I was thinking that would be enough without specifying the major.