TOP Clear Signs You're Underpaid In Tech, And How To Get The Highest Compensations

Hi friends! In this video I am sharing with you how to identify if you are underpaid and what to do about it. I think this is an important topic to understand as we are entering into a new year. We are going to be discussing the topic of whether or not you are underpaid in the tech industry, and if so, how to get the highest compensations possible.
If you're feeling undervalued in your tech career, then this video is for you! We are going to discuss the clear signs that you are not earning what you're worth, and how to take the necessary steps to increase your compensation.
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I am currently a software developer who once modeled and thought I wanted to pursue a career in the fashion industry. While I was modeling in Hong Kong, I eventually felt the desire to further my education. I decided to depart the modeling world and move back to Canada, knowing that could be the end of my modeling opportunities. I attended Ryerson University for GCM (Graphic Communications Management), as I thought I might still work in the fashion industry in another capacity. It was in my last year of university, I was introduced to a very basic coding course. I instantly fell in love. From there I knew I wanted to pursue software development but didn't have a clue where to start. I didn't want to go back to university as I just completed a four-year degree. I decided to enroll in a 10-week intensive coding Bootcamp. From there I started working at a small startup learning and growing my technical and soft skills. I then transitioned to a larger company where I am a software developer and technical consultant today.
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[@ashergreen3732]

Yeah, those salaries due seem a little too high in my humble opinion. But then again I'd be happy working as a programmer getting 10% more then I am getting now as I am hoping this new year will finally be the start of my new career as a software developer! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@TiffInTech]

You got this!! This is your year! An important thing to note is it is total compensation not just base salaries!

[@ashergreen3732]

@@TiffInTech Thank you Tiff!! You have no idea how much this means to me!!!!

[@hamunaptraabrahan1351]

Happy New Year Tiff and that you have a great reception in your technology vlog.💖

[@TiffInTech]

Happy new year!! Wishing you a wonderful year ahead!

[@iHate2x]

How about ask them about the salary ? I don't understand why people think it's a taboo topic to discuss.

[@batoczki93]

Seeing the 220k entry level salary with my 88k salary with 5 years of experience: "Hmm, interesting."

[@qnetx]

You might want to also look at other sources that are more crowdsourced for their salary data to get a more holistic comparison. Glassdoor is one such source.

[@TiffInTech]

Forsure! Levels fyi is verified sources is why a lot of people trust it!

[@hphucnp-dev]

Yes, in my company, we use databrick deployed on AWS as a data platform

[@fazalhayat7848]

The way you impart informaiton is awesome. Learnt a lot from you. You style of content delivery is influncial, Tiff. Happy new Year and we hope to see you always in good version of your life.

[@TiffInTech]

Thank you! That means a lot. Happy new year!!

[@cdubbs9739]

Those salaries seem high. Is it salary or compensation? Oh and what title are you? Engineer, architect, front end developer. Cause those seem like positions on the top. The architecture is important I didn't see that one for high pay like the ones shown granted engineer's are important as well.

[@TiffInTech]

I stressed at the beginning it was total compensation! 😊 not just base salaries! The levels.fyi report is engineering which is shown in the images in screen! I have been a software developer for 5+ years and just moved into a developer relations role! Never want to be misleading so I tried to ensure this was clear in the video before diving into the report! It’s really insightful definitely worth checking out. Thanks for your questions!

[@BearMeat4Dinner]

Waving hi from SF! 7 years I moved here.. Someone at Twitter was complaining making $140K a year n it wasn't enough to live in the city !

[@evanbarnes9984]

Meanwhile I'm a teacher, living off half that in the Bay

[@ahit2682]

Question! If you were offered a remote job, does the salary goes based off where you live(locality)? Or based on what they usually give to the employer based on the years of experience you have? Or both?

[@TiffInTech]

It depends - some companies do based on where you are located some go based on where they are located. And yes your level of experience definitely is taken into consideration too!

[@shinobi_coder88]

Hi Tiff, I watched your latest videos. Actually, I have been meaning to ask you the following questions. 1. What can Front-end Developers do in case they encounter a lot of front-end developer positions that also require backend during their job-hunting journey? (Note: he or she is not interested in backend and only has basic backend skills) 2. If the only solution for Front-end Developer to successfully land a Front-end job is to learn and be good at backend, therefore how can one be self-employed and make money besides freelancing, blogs, and open source contribution? Looking forward to your helpful responses, thank you.

[@yipengchen2360]

Happy New Year from a Chinese student learning Data Science in Paris ! (PS : Thanks, Tiff ; I enjoyed a lot watching all of your awesome contents ; Hope that one day I can be a full-time data scientist in a big company)

[@denzelsingh6407]

Hey Tiff, uhm i am new to your channel, and i actually started watching this video of yours on how to create a youtube downloader like 5 min ago where i saw you using Replit of which i had no idea about so i signed in and went through the first lesson and i must say the expirience was far much more than great. I am a beginner in coding I must say that am actually looking forward to watching your videos and learning from you, Thanks alot btw i learnt something from the youtube downloader video even though i am new at coding. I wish i knew you earlier.

[@zimcoder]

I think being underpaid and being unappreciated by co workers are two different things.

[@PedroIvoVH]

I am data engineer and work with Databricks, they provide clusters(servers) in the cloud to work with spark or pyspark(frameworks to process large ammount of data) in IPython-style notebooks. This platform is famous between Data Engineers and very intuitive

[@TiffInTech]

Thanks for sharing! That is awesome

[@chutiwatpeace546]

subtitles pls

[@TiffInTech]

They are just generating! Coming soon!

[@TT-ls1yz]

You can turn on captions

[@chutiwatpeace546]

@@TT-ls1yz thanks and already replay it!

[@mokho3027]

when the company post "entry level" SWE position, how many years of experience are they looking for? i am asking because i have noticed the entry level position require at least 2 years of experience.

[@TiffInTech]

Entry level sometimes includes having done internships! But every company is so different

[@iattractlimitlessprosperity]

Erm I got a serious question, I wanted to hop into Tech jobs from Engineering firm. Do you have some in mind steps that I can take?. Thanks!

[@TiffInTech]

Great question! What are you looking for specifically? resources to help you apply or mentorship etc?:)

[@Nadir-Ul-Kaysar-Handsome-VA]

I'm an underpaid SEO guy 🤦

[@TiffInTech]

No! :( time to find more clients!

[@Nadir-Ul-Kaysar-Handsome-VA]

@@TiffInTech I believe yes. 🤦🤦

[@victord8866]

I've used Databricks, pretty much a common Jupyter environment but with "native" spark, it's awesome, basically turn on the cluster and you have spark. Not so expensive either. Lets you avoid all the gibberish you have to set up first before using a spark session.

[@TiffInTech]

Nice! That is great to know, thank you!! :D

[@airborneranger-ret]

CA salaries seem a bit high - just sayn' ;)

[@TiffInTech]

its total compensation is why it probably seems high, not just base salary!

[@rishiraj2548]

Thanks

[@TiffInTech]

happy 2023!!

[@brittanycarrita1827]

Thank you for the advice Tiff! I’m going to take the Frontend Meta course, and I have my bachelor’s in Physics. I do have some programming experience from university as well. Question about the Engineering positions: Do those generally require a software engineering degree or am I going to be qualified for this role once I’ve taken some online courses like the ones offered by Meta on Coursera? TYIA!!🤍

[@TiffInTech]

Hi Brittany! Great question and that is awesome you are taking the courses by meta. Are you enjoying them? And for most companies they care less about a specific type of degree for software developers and more about if you are able to do that work! So it is totally fine to not have a degreee in software engineering!

[@brittanycarrita1827]

@@TiffInTech That makes sense, thank you! I am really enjoying it so far! Also getting back into Python on the Sololearn app and it’s been great. So glad I found your channel… thanks to the KZbin algorithm for putting you in my recommended!