To those age 30+: how many jobs have you had since 30 and what has the salary change been for each one? (highest, careers)
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Had quite a few jobs since turning 30 about 12 years ago. Maybe 7 or 8 jobs, but a few were short lived during the recession, and 2 of them went out of business.
In that time my salary has gone up by 40K or equivalent to 86%. I could be at a higher rate, but I sometimes took jobs I was overqualified for just to make a living.
20 - 30: 5 jobs working for a Fortune 500, each job I took a 10K increase in salary and was moving up the corporate ladder
30 - 34: Worked at the 5th job and a new boss came in and was the nastiest b---h I thought I had ever met but little did I know the worst was yet to come...
35 - 1 job - Left nasty manager and started working for a startup. Was making over 100k. Got along great with the manager who within my first week on the job was promoted and nasty # 2 came in. What a trainwreck she was. Horrible experience, had to leave was so desperate...
36 - 1 job - Out of desperation I took just any job making only 40k a year. Not only were the managers horrible, they expected me to run the company on 40k a year but not make any decisions on running the company, had to work Christmas, No OT either. Not worth 40k a year plus the stress of toxic people I had to report to. I left without any job lined up, best decision ever.
37-38 - 2 jobs - Within a week of leaving the above job I landed a government job making $20/hr. Great job, low stress and awesome manager and co-workers. Within a year, I was offered a job at a small company with huge issues with their accounting systems, they came to me. Hired me on the spot without an interview. I work from home completely, the manager I report to is on the other side of the country. It is such a blessing to have this job after dealing with employment hell for 3 years. I know everything must eventually come to an end, so I am enjoying it while it lasts which hopefully should be for the foreseeable future...
And this is why "salary increase" is not the the only criterion that should be considered for a job change.
When I retired from the military, a mentor advised me: Choose one of three: The work, the money, the location. Make your choice of which is most important to you and accept whatever is necessary or possible of the other two to make your choice work.
That choice might change over time. As I near retirement, the location of my last years of work became most important.
No it isn't. You might take a job for lower pay if it had more benefits or shorter hours. Or if you want the security of a government job. Or perhaps you have a government job (police officer) and you want something with less danger.
in the last 27 years (since turning 30) I have had 18 jobs, and I just accepted a new job offer today, so it is now 19 jobs. General trend for salary has gone up, although I did take a pay cut by choice to enter a new field 10 years ago, and within 3 years had regained salary, and it's been upwards ever since. Even when I have taken a downgrade (twice in the last 2 years) by choice my salary went up, because they wanted me in the position.
so it is 19 different jobs, but the last 7 of those jobs I have been with the same employer, just in different locations, different divisions, different departments. my employer likes to hire and promote from within, so i plan to be with this employer until i retire in about 10 years.
Age twentysomething-33, grad school (PhD, English). Primary job was winning grants, most of which my university took away from me and put into a general fund, out of which I was paid starvation wages. Taught 3 classes a year for health insurance. Side gig was writing grants at $50 an hour with a commission when I won.
Age 33-35, marketing director at a startup. No salary. Annual compensation went up to $80k before taxes. Side gig was building websites and doing SEO for other people at $100 an hour.
Age 35-37 (present day), own a marketing agency. Still no salary and annual compensation is about the same as at the startup. I pay much more in taxes so annual net is way down. Side gig is building websites and doing SEO for myself, still make about $100 an hour.
In the next 3 years: I want to save small business owners time and money on marketing, sales, and operations - that’s a new business. Grow the marketing firm so that I don’t have to be in it every day. Sell my portfolio of domains and websites. Create, monetize, and sell the stack of website ideas I have in my back pocket.
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