Salary Progression

My salary progression as a 31 y/o in corporate and tech for the last 7 years. 1. In 2019 I entered the corporate world, working in sales for a marketing firm. My base was $19.42 an hour which was roughly $40k. I also earned commission which totaled around $60k. In my last half year there I had a strong start, so I was projected to be around $80k. I quit in June 2021 to pursue software engineering because sales was soul sucking. 2. After bootcamp, I landed my first SWE role making $78k in 2021. I worked there from about the end of 2019 until mid-point in 2021 and in that time I think I made on average about $60,000 a year, plus a little bit of commission on top of that. I worked here from about the end of 2019 until mid-point in 2021 and in that time I think I made on average about $60,000 a year, plus a little bit of commission on top of that. In 2021 I had a great start to the year, so I was probably on track for around $80,000. In 2021 I quit that job because I absolutely hated my life and sales. I was looking for something new. COVID gave me a lot of free time, so I picked up software and engineering and I joined a boot camp in 2021 that lasted all the way until 2022. I got my first software engineering job in April of 2022 and I had a salary of about $78,000. I worked at that company until the end of 2022, around October, before the company started to go under. So I was laid off. Fortunately though, I did have a friend that worked at a small startup that I had met during my boot camp days, so I was able to get a job immediately through there. I had a salary of $90,000, which was about a $25,000 pay cut, which kind of hurt, but I needed work. So I couldn't complain. You'll hear a common theme here. About three months in, they had money issues and I was laid off for a third time, unfortunately. That was in February of 2024. Took me about four months to land my current role, but thankfully I had about three competing offers, so I was able to negotiate salary a little bit. I went from $90k at my previous job to $100k at this job that I'm currently at now. And with that, last year I got a cost of living increase of 3%. And then this year, I actually just had annual review again, and got another cost of living increase of 3%. So that puts me at $106,000. Here, if you're new here, I'm Rob. I break down personal finance without all the fluff for people that weren't taught this stuff growing up. I'd love to have you along if this kind of stuff resonates with you. Bye.