Every Tech Salary I've Ever Had (and what Senior Engineers want from Juniors) @tutoriaLinux

Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

0:00 Intro
1:15 Tech Salaries
2:30 Information Asymmetry
4:05 Dave's Salaries
11:40 Matthew's Salaries
16:00 Job-hopping and salary bumps
17:45 Negotiation Tips
24:00 Dave's worst mistake
27:45 Is job-hopping bad?
30:00 How much should you make?
32:25 Intangible value
35:20 Job switching risk
39:30 Discussion - What do Seniors want from Junior Engineers?
58:18 Review - how to be an amazing engineer
58:55 High-impact skills
1:03:00 Moving to Senior engineer

In this episode, I talk with Matthew and Justin about tech salaries and what makes great engineers (including more Junior people).

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Some of Matthew's (awesome) YouTube videos:
Troubleshooting TLS: youtube.com/watch?v=R-4TVHQK2b4
A Practical Terraform Intro: youtube.com/watch?v=H0EQR3LGRz0

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My OG Linux Project Course: udemy.com/course/hands-on-linux-self-hosted-wordpress-for-linux-beginners/?referralCode=19C0A7DEE2FD53C9C09D

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