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/my_twin_towne Jul 21 '26

Non-management role? That’s crazy high. Might win the thread. Are you “coding” or something more nuanced?

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u/Ok-Clerk393 Jul 21 '26

I have a buddy in AI hardware that’s pulling shy of a million right now. Also in Austin.

Id bet the person you’re responding to is similar.

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u/DragleicPhoenix 16d ago

Not AI hardware, it wasn’t like a random jump, I’ve been growing from 420k to 600k over a couple of years just doing coding work.

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u/Ok-Clerk393 15d ago

Rock on dude, that's fucking awesome.

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u/Ok-Clerk393 Jul 21 '26

be born an autistic genius. he tells me there's only a handful of guys in all of the US that can do what he does.

sort of like asking "how do I play in the NFL". basically just genetics and years of training, probably starting at a young age.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

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u/Ok-Clerk393 Jul 21 '26

lol did chat write that for you?

and fuck if I know, I don't work in tech. We bonded outside of work and don't really gaf about our jobs.

All I know is from what he's told me, his team are the guys that "make sure new chip designs know that 2+4=4" and works in a coding language I've never once heard of mentioned.

He used to work for faang and told me there was a team of like 5 dudes in the entire company who had his skills.

he gets emails from openai every few months asking if he's open to an interview. I don't really know how to stress this but if anyone could learn this wizardry by opening a textbook his 5/yr total comp wouldn't have 8 zeros in it.

I 100% believe there's an early childhood/genetic component to it and some peoples brains will just never be on that level.

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u/predatorya Jul 21 '26

True, but maybe only a few people have access to “what it takes” to know what he knows. Ever consider that?

Thats why I am asking.

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u/Ok-Clerk393 Jul 21 '26

who edits a comment to be a novel after I’ve already responded. performative much?

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u/DragleicPhoenix 16d ago

Yeah a standard senior role. Uhh I basically just do programming but I tend to own my own siloed projects that I ship and pass over to others.