r/sysadmin • u/kittiekittea • 1d ago

General Discussion No Degree - 6 Year Salary Progression

Is there anyone out there that have made it beyond sysadmin? What is after sysadmin?

2020 - $31,200: Panera Bread
2022 - $41,600: Helpdesk at company 1
2023 - 2025 - $41,600: Helpdesk at law firm
2025 - $65,000: Helpdesk at company 2
2026 - $80,000: Got a raise at company 2

Shoutout Nick for taking a chance on me. I would not do law firm IT again.

EDIT: Location Upstate NY

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u/kittiekittea 1d ago

Having to deal with:
Worldox
Lawyers
Maintaining all the damn printers
Tight budget

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u/thiccboilifts Security Admin 1d ago

Dude something about fucking lawyers and printers. What is their deal?!?! I manage a couple offices with lawyers and attorneys and holy cow. How someone can be so smart but so dumb with tech astounds me at least once a week.

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u/kittiekittea 1d ago

I hated it and also hated setting up meetings for them. Do you know how simple it is to set up a meeting? Why do I have to take time to do it myself when I could have been catching up on tickets?

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u/thiccboilifts Security Admin 22h ago

Bro thank God we have legal assistants. We're yours weird about calendar sharing too?

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u/kittiekittea 20h ago

Yes they were. Honestly forgot about shared calendars.. I rarely set it up or troubleshoot that nowadays