lmao, wow.

Me too.

Healthcare data integration here. 40 hours straight and don't actually "work" nearly that amount. No one will hire you without experience in the specific software they use, and you pretty much can't touch that software without having a position to do so. Big catch 22.

This. If I moved to SoCal or DC or something, I could easily make 150-200k. I'm in such a low cost of living area currently that it's not worth it unless it was 100% remote for local pay.

werent you driving uber?

do you wash the doctors dicks you nurse *******

How many hours is this a week?

Op you need to get your resume in order and get a decent paying job. I know we hate to interview because it's a pain, but you could get like 80k a year probably pretty easily.

I make 130k TC. I'm an AI programmer in DFW. I'd probably make twice that in NYC, but the job is super low key and 130k here is baller money to me. Plus I can do my masters because I have a low key job.

Helpdesk doesn’t even make 50k where im at. Average help desk pay where I live is $13-14 a hour.

FYI IT is a VERY general terms which people can claim as a generic umbrella so they actually don't have to explain their role to people.

There are also people that work tier one tech support that claim to work IN IT as well.

If you become an IT Project Manager you can easily clear 100k and say you work in IT.

Also, location plays a major factor in these claims as well. Do you notice how people who claim to make so much money tend to leave out where they work? In Vegas or Phoenix $100k will give you an extremely comfortable lifestyle but in San Fran / NY you will be scraping by or have an extremely long commute.

I work in Data Analytics but instead of telling people what I do I just claim to work in IT and that seems to satisfy 99% of people.

This completely. Half the *******s ITT are talking about software eng/dev CS work not exactly help desk “did u restart ur computer hurrr derrrr”

My gf is a comp eng major (grad next year) working at a data center right now as a tech making like $40k. How do I put her on a path for $100k+? Reps for srs responses.

Can anyone layout where they started and ended up? Certs they obtained along the way and salary?

Currently I'm doing desktop support, only been in IT for 10 months now.

What position did you start in what was the starting salary? What were the positions along the way that you had? what certs did you obtain? And what is your position now and what are you making?

I really appreciate all the replies, just want to know what i’m doing wrong and how to maximize my potential earnings.

Infrastructure and Cloud Systems Engineer. Linux servers, Windows servers, routing, switching, VMware administration, UCS, VoIP, load balancing, firewall administration, as well as coordinating projects with other engineers, project managers, vendors, etc... are things I do on a daily basis.

I started as an IT operations desk person working evening shift making $12/hr. Basically just watching a monitor and calling the on call if something broke. 2 years in I moved to supervisor. Did this through college majoring in MIS. Last semester of college (2013) I applied as a level 1 linux systems programmer/administrator. Did that until I was promoted to a senior level. Picked up my RHCSA along the way as well as working on some cool **** like the 8th most powerful supercomputer in the US.

Applied for this job in 2018 and was hired.

She needs to figure out what path she wants to take. IA/Cyber, cloud, network, VM, etc and go from there. Each path has professional level certs that will get you over the 100k mark if you have the experience to back it up.

Linux is HUGE right now. That is a skill I think that people need to take advantage of before everyone starts picking up on it.

being on IT is not the same as being a software engineer or even architecht.

You can make 100k easily as a senior software engineer on a big city.

50k would be the salary for a service desk agent or a junior developer.

i have a friend that works for Amazon in San Francisco and he makes 150k i believe. He has like 10 years of experience tho and is really good with algorithms and architecture.

(btw, he is a java and angular developer)

sure, I was always sure to do extra things to keep expanding my money. At this point, I'm saving 6 figures a year after taxes and expenses.

I worked a crap job in my mid 20's and was going to school for software engineering. I only did a few semesters when I realized the debt wasn't worth it and I didn't have the passion for that field.

I dropped school, picked up some old Cisco routers and switches, researched what types of cables I needed to make everything work and set up a mini home lab. Bought Todd Lamle's (sp?) CCNA book, downloaded CBT Nuggets CCNA videos and spent about a month following along with the labs in the book and videos, setting up my own scenarios, etc.

After 6-7 weeks I took a basic CCENT test and passed fairly easily, which is what a local company had as a minimum requirement to grant an interview. The job was helping firewall admins when they had issues and we dealt with check point, Palo Alto, F5, ASA and a few other ones.

This company paid for certifications while I was there and after I had 18 months of experience and some certs I landed my current job. I now work from home every day managing the network for a data center in Europe. In about 2 years I went from 32k -> 50k -> 94k now.

Here's my caveat though. I knew a guy from my first network job that moved onto that better job and he got me an interview.

Cliffs
Self study and get some entry certs
Apply at local places where your certa will be relevant
Bring it up during your interview that you have a desire to learn and that you self studied and spent your money to learn

That last part is what my previous hiring manager said got me the job.

Not 100k, but I live in Kansas City, KS so 94k is a lot different here than SoCal or NYC.

Get her current employer to pay for training in whatever area she is interested in, finish her degree and then start looking for other jobs. Find a new one, work there 1-3 years and jump ship again.

The biggest salary improvements are going to go from switching company to company unless she ends up finding the dream role at a dream company with dream benefits.

Networking, networking, networking (as in networking with people to develop a position).

Me, I'm making a nice sum well north of $100K (mid-tier COL area), with wonderful benefits and a bit of stress as an operations DBA. Besides that I have significant experience as a developer, licensing contracts, foreign employment, GIS, multiple industries, project management experience, and I know a ton of useful and useless information. That and I keep reasonably current and am not afraid of rolling up my selves and doing grunt work when needed.

"IT" is a very broad class of jobs and skillset (even if you reduced it to programming roles), in most fields there is a Pareto distribution.

At $50k in this field, you are pretty much bottom of the barrel in terms of skillset and productivity, but you have a lot of average company. If you feel otherwise, apply for other positions and negotiate a higher salary with the employer.

reboot the modem

Ty for responses men. I’ll try to get my girl to rack up a couple certs over time and get a new job when she graduates. Repped for helpful responses keep grinding boyos!

90% of these salaries were fabricated tho hope she doesnt waste her time

Software dev for 7 years, moved jobs a couple of times.

Do not waste money and time on stupid certs for no reason. Make sure there is a clear ROI.

My ex makes about $90K as a sys admin for a medical large enterprise. From him to go higher he would need to change employers or become management and he doesn't really want to do either.

Also says virtualization is where large enterprise is headed and most as quick as they can. As in a desk terminal is just a desk terminal and everything an employee uses is server/cloud based. Greatly reduces the man hours for any kind of updates or software changes. Hardware becomes of negligible importance.

I'm sort of in IT - I sell software/hardware for a mid market tech company. Being in sales, I make 160k a year (90k base and 70k bonus). I've posted this before but I started at the same company five years ago making 50k/year out of college, and have worked my way up the ladder from there.

Feel free to PM me for any advices.

Brb making $100k, but rent and utilities are $4000 per month.

The real question is how much is their disposable income.

I don’t make $100k, but I guarantee i take home more than most of these dudes claiming to make 100k. My rent+utilities is $600 and i have no other expenses such as a car payment or children and I’m single.

"IT" is very broad.

I do RF stuff, wave propagation, 5G, spherical coverage, brushing up against FCC regulatory for SAR limits......it's a big job scope, and very specialized.

It's also pretty niche.

Most of the people I work with are PhD or Masters in Electrical Engineering - but starting base pay is 110-120k + RSU's for a fresh graduate.

Seems like most people here do low level IT work, Helpdesk, basic network admin - that's why they aren't too far above 100k (if at all). I'm not saying that's a bad job at all btw, it's a good place to start, then try to move around from there.

mirin money itt. im poor af

guys on the helpdesk don't get close to 100k lol