Anonymous #2 9w

Honestly if I had lots of money and lots of free time, I’d be able to buy a jet ski and that’d make me pretty damn happy I think

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Anonymous #2 9w

Fun fact, money won’t make you happy, but a lack can make you pretty miserable. Usually the cutoff when money stops being correlated to happiness is around 75-80k a year when you’ve easily covered the basics and have a bit of safety net.

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Anonymous #7 9w

That’s right where I am right now and I gotta say life is sweet.

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Anonymous #8 9w

The stock market

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Anonymous #8 9w

Sucking mad dick 😩😳

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Anonymous OP 9w

LMAOOOOOO

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Anonymous #11 9w

Yeah, just be careful how you play the game. I took a job making 125 a year, and was one of the first to be cut after budget reductions in April. Haven’t found anything in even the 70k range since. Happily I didn’t trust my boss, and started aggressively saving the second I got there, but still sucks to be out of work when jobs are so hard to come by.

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Anonymous #11 9w

I’m only making 75k as a new grad with 10% potential bonus and some small commission on sales that I submit leads for. Entry salaries are pretty solid for engineering but I feel like we were lied to about salary cap for most fields

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Anonymous #1 9w

Will also say gotta remember that roles change significantly with seniority as you work your way up. At my last org, website publishing was a pipeline to website strategy, vastly different jobs, with very different salaries. If you wanna keep working your way up the corporate ladder, eventually you hang up the engineering hat, and move into more business op’s.

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Anonymous #7 9w

Yea but at least where I work transitioning into business ops means higher workload and more expectations to be tethered to my phone. I kinda feel bad for my managers

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Anonymous #1 9w

100%, but that’s the price you pay for becoming a manager at a manager’s salary. The work never ends; it’s middle management, so you never stop getting beat up from above or below, and frankly it’s not ____ its business op’s so you’re already in foreign territory of how to deal with all this to begin with.

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Anonymous #7 9w

I’m at the point where I could go design engineer / tech spec or move into a managerial role over production? Disregarding the money, what makes a better lifestyle

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Anonymous #11 9w

Totally different paths. Engineering in production can be extremely hectic and demanding or one of the easiest jobs ever. Engineering manager (like manager of engineers) is always gonna be pretty busy in my experience. Design / tech likely has more potential for remote/hybrid work balance but you’ll be encouraged to pursue your PE license. With that comes more pay and technical expertise.

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Anonymous #11 9w

I personally made the decision to go the consulting/design route because my place of work is super chill and 40 hours is the max you’re expected to work/bill in a week. I also get to work hybrid and get sales commission sometimes. Production scared me because 1) the company you work for can make a huge difference is work-life balance. Some automakers are like sweatshops for engineers and the culture encourages 45-50+ hour weeks. If things go wrong you might get called on site after hours

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Anonymous #11 9w

2) if I get good at design I see it as being more proof of my electrical ability. Production engineering jobs seemed to just be filling out paper work and obtaining specs on equipment. I didn’t wanna kneecap myself and get stuck in an industrial role. I feel pretty confident I could pivot into production if wanted to

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Anonymous #12 8w

Just outta curiosity what’s your SPX Delta and VaR?

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Anonymous #12 8w

Ball trading? 🤣 My port beta is like 0.75 I’m like a third cash. My VaR I don’t remember have to go on computer for the report

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