Salary Progression

Try to avoid asking questions which can doxx me on LinkedIn (that's where I post a little) See if you can focus on asking questions around principles & not masala stories Problem with masala stories is that you'll learn the wrong things from my narratives This will be fun I think

What was your first ever CTC and what's your current CTC with YoE? I'll start - 1.6 to 9.8 in 4 years. This post is intended to give hope to freshers and motivation to experienced folks.

Those who are earning more than 1 lakh per month. Share your journey how you reached there and also some tips.

Qualification- Engineering from a tier 3 college of Anna University . 2012-2016 batch. No campus placement Year 1 - 2.75 lpa service based mnc Associate Software Engineer Year 2- 3.75 lpa salary normalisation and role changed to PMO Year 2.5- 5.5 lpa joined another service based company Year 3 - 6 lpa joined startup as Edtech program manager Year 4- 8 lpa with hike same role Year 6- 11 lpa promotion senior program manager Year 7- 16lpa joined another start up as tech program manager/scrum master Year 7.5- put down paper got retained didn’t match salary but promotion and hike 22lpa role changed to Product manager Year 8- 30lpa product manager another start up From Associate Software engineer to PMO to Program manager/Scrum Master to Product Manager Starting salary 2016- 2.75lpa Current salary 2024- 30lpa ( have two offers might get better offer than this) Note- number is only fixed component of salary Advice- Take risk and it doesn’t matter what role you are in whether you are a developer , QA, sales person, marketing or CS just be good in whatever role you do, work hard and show your work be visible and be very very good at communication!

started 2014 : business development executive Salary : 7500

Share your progress - the journey. - Where did you begin and where are you now? - What motivated you to go the extra mile? - Where do you see yourself in the next few years? - What did you do differently then the rest of the pack? This can serve as a motivation to those of us who wants to improve and as a appreciation for some of us who made themselves a stellar career. Eager to hear your stories. 🔥

I want to understand if you are also satisfied with your compensation?