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Feel stuck in an unideal position (self.experienced_devs)
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I'm netting < $10 an hour doing part-time full stack dev at an ultra-small organization for a few years post-BSCS.

Fear of resume gaps and the current job market have me afraid to renegotiate. In fact, they're going to cut my hours soon, which makes it seem like they can only afford ~$150 a week.

I'm getting worse at programming and there's no one to learn from.

What do you think I should do?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Either just leave and find another job altogether, or see if you can find a bunch of ultra small organizations and go into business for yourself doing a bit of work for a bunch of companies.

If you have other work then it becomes easier to negotiate, but there may just not be any more money in the company in which case it's time to do a capitalism and find more money yourself.