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Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:33 am to yaboidarrell
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One of the larger employers in LA offered me a position that's almost half of what I can make elsewhere.
working in La. is a privilege, baw.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:33 am to Mo Jeaux
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Did you do a COL comparison? I'm not saying that the salary still isn't "too low", but it may not be as bad as you think.
Exactly. You're comparing apples to oranges when you consider cost of living in San Fran/Cali area compared Louisiana.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:33 am to yaboidarrell
If you are a software developer with demonstrable experience AND worth your salt, you can easily negotiate a remote work situation with periodic travel to your home base office.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:34 am to NIH
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Yeah but where else can you get gumbo
there's a place near me that stocks Best Stop boudin, I'm good over here
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:34 am to Upperdecker
quote:But also double the savings and wealth accumulation. $120k minus $100k COL is better than $60k minus $50k COL.
Most of the places you’ll get double that salary are also double the COL
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:39 am to yaboidarrell
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IT/IS Salaries in Louisiana are a joke
FTFY..Learned years ago to work for companies not based in the state
If you however wanted to Homer Simpson your way through a local plant, you'd be a billionaire
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:40 am to Mo Jeaux
When comparing salaries for software, you don’t have to go directly to San Francisco. That’s like saying you need to move to Manhattan to work in finance.
You can be in software in DFW, SLC, Raleigh, Atlanta, and Huntsville. Hell even making 120K in Austin is a better life than 65K in Baton Rouge. Those salaries are a joke and the companies know it.
You can be in software in DFW, SLC, Raleigh, Atlanta, and Huntsville. Hell even making 120K in Austin is a better life than 65K in Baton Rouge. Those salaries are a joke and the companies know it.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:41 am to yaboidarrell
It’s a small price to pay for some Poboys and tailgates.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:43 am to yaboidarrell
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$65k for a mid-level software developer.
I blow that out the water and I serve chicken wings for a living
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:45 am to Pechon
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Make Silicon Valley wages while living in low cost of living Louisiana. Live like a king.
Maybe rural Louisiana is cheap, but in BR and NOLA it's not. It's not NYC or San Francisco, but it's not cheap like you'd expect either.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:45 am to yaboidarrell
COL here vs elsewhere likely explains some of it.
You probably make well into 6 figures doing so in Silicon Valley but are living in a van down by the river because housing is fricking insane.
You probably make well into 6 figures doing so in Silicon Valley but are living in a van down by the river because housing is fricking insane.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:45 am to yaboidarrell
Companies pay what people are willing to work for, so respectfully decline on that basis so they offer more next time.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:52 am to yaboidarrell
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$65k for a mid-level software developer.
$65K in Louisiana will get you a nice comfortable blue collar life. I know we all want to make more money, but 65k is nothing to sneeze at. I guess it just depends on what you want out of life.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:53 am to yaboidarrell
This thread is hilarious.
Louisiana is LCOL? Maybe in the sticks. Nola and BR metros are not LCOL for what they are. Louisiana should be one of the cheapest places to live in the country considering it's objectively a bottom 3 state. It's like middle of the pack though in COL.
Also people saying well you could go to San Fran and make double. More like triple or quadruple haha.
In typical OT fashion it seems the only choices are shithole louisiana or the some of the most expensive places in the country. Nothing in between
Louisiana is LCOL? Maybe in the sticks. Nola and BR metros are not LCOL for what they are. Louisiana should be one of the cheapest places to live in the country considering it's objectively a bottom 3 state. It's like middle of the pack though in COL.
Also people saying well you could go to San Fran and make double. More like triple or quadruple haha.
In typical OT fashion it seems the only choices are shithole louisiana or the some of the most expensive places in the country. Nothing in between
This post was edited on 3/8/23 at 8:59 am
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:57 am to yaboidarrell
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No wonder everyone leaves this state.
But it creates a nice low cost of living and relatively cheap housing market for retiring yankees to live it up in.
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Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:57 am to yaboidarrell
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One of the larger employers in LA offered me a position that's almost half of what I can make elsewhere. $65k for a mid-level software developer. No wonder everyone leaves this state.
That don't sound right. Systems Analysts are getting more than that with a few years experience and less coding.
What industry/location was this? I've seen some low salaries like that from a few companies, Lamar Advertising being one of them. Just curious.
You should be able to at least get $85k with 3-5 yrs experience down here.
This post was edited on 3/8/23 at 9:01 am
Posted on 3/8/23 at 8:59 am to yaboidarrell
Not sure where you are but just going to Baton Rouge or Lafayette a mid should see about 80.
I know some that's 6 years in making 45. It's ridiculous.
Better yet go full remote and open up your opportunities.
I know some that's 6 years in making 45. It's ridiculous.
Better yet go full remote and open up your opportunities.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 9:05 am to Upperdecker
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Darrell, Most of the places you’ll get double that salary are also double the COL. $120k in San Francisco as a software developer will afford you a 2 hour commute or a tent in the homeless community
More like he’ll get triple in those cities and over double in cities like atlanta, Houston, Raleigh, etc as a SW Dev .
Posted on 3/8/23 at 9:06 am to Kracka
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money, but 65k is nothing to sneeze at
For anyone with actual marketable education and skills, yes it is
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