Hey y'all,
I'm a T shaped Engineer with specialisation in MLOps/Devops at a hardware+software stealth start up.
Experienced in full stack, ML deployments, AWS, Kubernetes, Python, Kotlin and handling scale.
On paper YoE: 8+
3 years was with family business ( in tech),
so if that is ignored 5+ YoE across the board in ML.
The perks I get are work life balance and unlimited leaves and leaves compensation if any public holiday falls on a weekend.
Currently being paid 32lpa base, no variables.
I'm confused if this is good pay since I have a varied set of skills. The company has spoiled me by making me "time rich" so I don't feel like leaving. (Especially since I was burnt out when I desperately left and joined the current place)
I know friends who do just backend getting paid 45 lpa but with no work life balance. And often times in discussions with them I feel like I can do their job easily (because of the varied skillset).
I'm Fortunate enough to be in a place that did salary corrections even though other companies are laying off and appraisals are incoming in Q1.
I'm confused, what's a good number that I deserve?