As in the question, one is a job that is usually idle but with a lower salary, and the other is a job with a higher salary but more pressure. If you choose one of the two, which one do you prefer?
emmmm~ Don't rush to conclusions.
As programmers, we will always encounter a variety of choices throughout our IT career. Huizhimei suggests that you start from the following three dimensions in order to make wise choices through the interference of appearances:
● About age -young is capital
● Relaxation vs. pressure -which one is more fragrant
● Opportunity cost -about the trade-off between salary and life
01. Youth is capital
It is said that programmers eat their youth. Compared with older programmers, young programmers are energetic, have strong physical and mental stress resistance, and are more proactive. Moreover, young IT people still have a period of time before their 35-year-old workplace bottleneck, and their psychological advantages are obvious.
In the eyes of company HR, programmers of the same level and ability are also more inclined to choose young people, because fresh blood is always a scarce resource!
What's more, the salary offered by the other party is also considerable. It is also proportional to the exchange of an exciting offer for your youthful sweat~
Here inexplicably distressed those older programmers:
On the one hand, to face the reality that more and more young laborers are pouring into the IT workplace, under the fierce competition mechanism, they are unable to settle for the status quo;
On the other hand, it is not easy to successfully enter middle and high-level positions and obtain high-paying benefits before the age of 35.
Alas, the youth meal is really not delicious, what is meant by "with more heart but not enough energy", maybe this is it?
02. Leisure VS996/007 Fubao
Although faced with the 35-year-old threshold of the IT workplace, young programmers can't afford to worry about this prematurely, but "all things are predicated and not preliminarily set up," and it is always good to plan ahead, so as not to panic before the workplace crisis.
The advancement direction of IT people in the workplace can be divided into three categories: [Technical post] [Product post] [Management post], which is also the job matching demand for IT people when they cross the 35-year-old workplace watershed. How to continuously improve themselves before the age of 35 Skills require programmers to make choices in advance of their own planning.
Based on this logic, here might as well extend the topic further as- small - scale vs. large-scale company platform, which one is better?
In my opinion, the two do not conflict:
◆In a small company, you can have a more comprehensive understanding of the company's operating mechanism, and be in charge of multiple sectors at the same time, seize the opportunity of the platform to plate yourself, and use it as a springboard to enter a large factory after you pass the practice. (However, as the subject puts it "comfortable", I am afraid that the initiative is still a little bit worse????)
◆When I arrived at the big factory, because I was already in a relatively mature framework, I began to gain experience that I could not get in a startup company-such as the operation of a mature software development system, agile development, and product development for hundreds of millions of users. The product sense of accomplishment will be much more than that of a startup company.
I also believe that after you have experienced the above-mentioned workplace experience, it is a matter of course to think about the salary return you can get.
what? You said you don't want to think about that much? Just settle for the status quo?
Sorry, you are really wrong. Go and see those programmers who have the idea of "Small wealth and peace" will only be ruthlessly shot to death on the beach by the waves! (The IT workplace competition is also quite fierce?)
03. About the trade-off between salary and life
I often tell the IT students of the college who are about to enter the workplace that a programmer’s life is destined to be a "tragedy" that cannot have both a fish and a bear's paw. Between a high-paying job and a happy life, some people will obsess about a happy life and give up alluring. High-paying jobs (it turns out that this choice requires a certain amount of capital), but most people will be more realistic and temporarily put aside the happy life of dreams in order to get high-paying jobs.
As a result, the "strange circle" of the IT worker's career began to play out one after another:
▶Xiaobai entry stage-you have enough thirst for knowledge, dare to dare to fight in the IT workplace, but the salary at this stage will not be too much, and you have to face the assignment of the leader, and be a mover. Machine (throw away any dignity or something);
▶From elementary to intermediate level-at this time you may have been accustomed to endless overtime work, the boundary between work and life is becoming more and more blurred, you also lost a lot of free time, including the energy of love; (Among them are single dogs Helpless, there is also the open-mindedness and relief as the subject said, "If there is no object, I am not afraid"
▶Intermediate to high-level period-at this stage, you can calmly look at any emergencies in your work, and under the nerves that have been highly vigilant, it also brings a lot of shocks to your body, and you begin to lose the dense Hair, began to have to accept the fact that EQ has declined while IQ exploded (blame me for focusing on work and ignoring communicative skills), but at the same time I have reaped considerable salary returns;
▶Senior/Senior Rank——After years of hard work, you have finally reached the upper level of the chain of contempt. You don’t have to do the work on the front line yourself. You start to lead the team, take charge of operation and maintenance, start to give orders, and slowly You begin to return to life, and find that family life and a sweet love are valuable, and a sufficiently generous salary can also make your material and spiritual pursuits reach a subtle tacit understanding.
At this time, although you have lost your youth and the ability to desire all kinds of desires, you finally reap the love and happy life that you longed for when you first entered the workplace.
Did you see it?
When we are young, energetic and energetic, we are troubled by not having enough material conditions to satisfy our spiritual enjoyment; and when we have reaped a rich enough salary, we have to feel that youth is not there and the years are merciless.
I still remember someone said to me: ease is an exclusive benefit for retired elderly people, young workers do not deserve leisure.
In fact, this sentence is only half right.
why?
In the previous issue of "Playing Workers: What Determines Your Salary Level?" A picture shows you the secret of salary increase! "In the article, Hui Zhimei listed the 7 dimensions that affect the advancement of IT professionals in the workplace. These seven elements not only influence the salary level of programmers, but also determine when you can achieve it as soon as possible throughout your career. Work and life balance.
For example, in one of the [resources], if you are fortunate to be born in a rich second-generation family, is it worth the lonely struggle for most of your life? Therefore, only money can be willful. There must be a big prerequisite for making easy choices, that is, you must have a certain amount of capital, such as: have a good father (envy, jealous, hate!)
I hope that the topic discussion in this issue can be enlightening to you, and I also wish the programmer buddies the high salary and a happy life they want in the IT workplace as soon as possible!