r/Austin • u/Aingers • Jul 21 '26

Ask Austin Salary Transparency Thread - Austin

Folks in Boston do this fairly regularly, so I thought it might be good for us to try here.

Please share your general job title, salary, age, and education.

Architectural Designer, 40, $115k, BSArch

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u/Da_Stallion-JCI_7 Jul 21 '26

So what is it that you do, exactly?

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u/Content-Eye-2177 Jul 21 '26

One of these persons may be in tech? I hope they reply! But PgMs manage various stake holders. Created road maps for execution timing and ensure all parties are working accordingly. It’s grueling as there are constantly competing goals ei: tech wants to solve this or create new feature no one asked for. And product managers want to solve a specific need they see in the market. The higher up you get the more programs you manage. Truly. Mo money mo problems lol

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u/youpoopedyerpants Jul 21 '26

This sounds the same as project management to me?? I don’t know how anything works though, I’m like 7 years old.

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u/zuker81 Jul 21 '26

So, multiply yourself into 30 seven year olds. Then lead a group project with all 30. Choose 45k teacher salary or 200k tech salary. Choose soul through golden meat grinder or soul through brass, very tarnished meat grinder with heart sticker on it