In the short term you are hopefully being paid to code, and double what you made doing CIS / so it is a win/ win for everyone. I think I made about 80k / year at 25 in software with a few years experience, which isn't that different. Take it for a win / an advance in your career and I think you should be excited to have a software role on the books that can always be leveraged into a better one.TopHatFox wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 2:19 pm@macg, so it's totally okay to just be an Implementation Specialist if I ultimately want to be a Software Engineer in ~1 year? Also, I've noticed that C#/.NET are huge. So many things were built on it. Gonna have to study for it like crazy.
The original offer was 70K/yr, I asked for 80K during the counter, but the COO said 70K/yr is good, cause it's an introductory role to learn the software for the company before deciding whether to specialize in data analysis, coding, or management. The job's also fully remote, and apparently fully remote roles earn a bit less on average. He did say we can review the salary after 6 months. All of this sound normal?
As to the above conversation, this sounds like the normal "string you along and don't pay you what you are worth" doublespeak I'm used to hearing about from people getting mistreated in the industry. It isn't a full lie, it is a nice intro and foot in the door to the industry, and you should treat it as such, and give it exactly that much loyalty. But don't be expecting a salary bump in 6 months (again its possible you work for the actual guys who say what they mean, but I've heard the words many times and barely ever seen the follow though), and assume you are hopping to a new job in ~1-1.5 years (very normal for the industry) which will hopefully pay 30% more.