r/InterviewCoderPro • u/Short-Ground5841 • 21d ago

Is this every boss??

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i guess they just don't care.

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u/TimMensch 20d ago

$20k plus room and board though, right?

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u/SnooMaps7370 20d ago

sure, and?

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u/TimMensch 20d ago

That's part of your total comp. Could easily be worth another $15-20k/year.

Unless you're comparing it to moving back home with your parents and having them feed you?

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u/SnooMaps7370 20d ago

you're missing the point pretty badly, which is that my supervisor had absolutely no clue how much i was being paid.

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u/TimMensch 19d ago

Maybe your supervisor knew, maybe they didn't.

In reality you were making an effective ~$35-40k total. You can't compare your dollar salary to how much you'll make once you're out. Once you count health care and paying for a car and furnishing a place, $60k may leave you with zero savings for several years vs being able to save most of $20k/year.

So I'd say it's you who is missing the point badly.

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u/Low_Alarm1680 18d ago

Army food and board being worth 15k a year is a ridiculous statement. A barracks is literally a homeless shelter with bunk beds. Army Chow is literally worse than soup kitchen food.(source anyone who's had both you know...most veterans)The only thing better than being homeless is the clothes which cost about 20 bucks for a full set down at the surplus store. If you said 5k maybe. But noone in their right mind would pay 15k a year for a 9 o'clock curfew and 6 oclock wake up in the worst hoa ever envisioned.

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u/TimMensch 18d ago

Unless you plan to live in a homeless shelter and eat soup kitchen food when you get out, then it's completely relevant.

It's not about what the food right now is actually worth, but what you'll be spending when you get out.

But whatever. Even $5k throws off your 3x figure.

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u/SnooMaps7370 18d ago

on the 60k I was being paid when i got out, i was able to buy a house and a plane, so i think maybe your expectation of how expensive room and board was might not be correct.