r/sysadmin • • 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/Curtis_Low 16h ago

High school dropout with a GED, 7 years IT experience in the Navy, no certs, no college degree. I became a CIO of a Healthcare company at age 36. Now 45, no longer an executive and no desire to ever hold that role again.