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wirestyle22

I started at 32k

dafyre

I got about a 10% raise ~$4k when I made my recent switch.

DustinB3403

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

I started at 32k

And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

wirestyle22

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

I started at 32k

And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

I think my first job (started as a file clerk) and transition into desktop support I was making 20K, so I suppose.

The numbers just seem large for a 15K between job moves. Not including annual raises etc.

As I said, my first job was 20K, but with OT I was pulling near 30K. So my internal department change at that company was a 10K raise to $30K. A year later another $5k bump. 6 months after that I left and went to a consulting company where I moved from $35K > $55K.

Dashrender

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

I started at 32k

And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

wirestyle22

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

I started at 32k

And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

I left. I easily could've milked it for awhile but it just wasn't the honest thing to do

Dashrender

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

I started at 32k

And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

I left

Now the question is why?

DustinB3403

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

I started at 32k

And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

I left

Now the question is why?

Because he didnt want to be a leech?

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

The numbers just seem large for a 15K between job moves. Not including annual raises etc.

Depends on the jobs and the jumps. But that's not uncommon. In between "real" jobs, I went from $23K to $40K to $55K to $200K to $350K to an offer of a much more significant jump

wirestyle22

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

I started at 32k

And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

I left

Now the question is why?

I hated the way everyone, not even just myself was treated. Every director there had their resume's out. We were all miserable.
I didn't have the knowledge required to completely re-create their infrastructure, which was basically what was required at that point.

I really don't want to talk about this point in my life. It was arguably the darkest point I've had, truly. Laura saw me literally waste away in a matter of months.

Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

I started at 32k

And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

I left

Now the question is why?

Because he didnt want to be a leech?

That would be super moral if that was the reason.

coliver

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@DustinB3403 said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

I started at 32k

And you've had 4 jobs correct? So you're at or around 77K currently, correct?

Is the cost of living so high that you feel you desktop support starts at that range?

I jumped to 90 but took a paycut to 50 where i currently work. The reality is I couldn't do the job I was hired to do. Sad fact. Remember, 15k was the minimum not every jump.

Couldn't do what job? the last one at 90? So you quit or they let you go?

I left

Now the question is why?

Because he didnt want to be a leech?

That would be super moral if that was the reason.

Which fits... from what I've seen of @wirestyle22

wirestyle22

It's half of the reason. The other half is I was miserable and I mean that as much as I possibly can. Absolute misery.

IRJ

Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

wirestyle22

@IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

Not a single job has trained me. I have never had even a mentor at any of my jobs teaching me anything. I learned everything I know myself (except for ML). I haven't even had a job pay for some shitty cert for me.

Dashrender

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

It's half of the reason. The other half is I was miserable and I mean that as much as I possibly can. Absolute misery.

While I suppose it's possible for you, I suspect that most people, if the environment was so toxic, would have stayed, especially considering a near 50% paycut.

Oddly enough - I do have a friend who did just up and quit, no notice, just he was fed up, walked away. Had no job to go to, I think took a 60%+ paycut at the job he did end up getting.

I guess I consider myself lucky that I've worked in such a toxic environment.

wirestyle22

@Dashrender said in Feedback on Resume:

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

It's half of the reason. The other half is I was miserable and I mean that as much as I possibly can. Absolute misery.

While I suppose it's possible for you, I suspect that most people, if the environment was so toxic, would have stayed, especially considering a near 50% paycut.

I doubt it

scottalanmiller

@IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

Especially if you are interested and attempting to grow.

scottalanmiller

@wirestyle22 said in Feedback on Resume:

@IRJ said in Feedback on Resume:

Generally organizations are willing to train you in the necessary areas if your job requires it.

Not a single job has trained me. I have never had even a mentor at any of my jobs teaching me anything. I learned everything I know myself (except for ML). I haven't even had a job pay for some shitty cert for me.

Since you never work for IT organizations, this is something that you have to manage. There isn't someone to handle this for you as you have no mentor. So you have to take the bull by the horns.