{"id":448,"date":"2026-03-10T04:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:52:17","slug":"the-hard-conversation-about-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/10\/the-hard-conversation-about-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hard Conversation About Compensation:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let&#8217;s have the hard conversation about Engineering total compensation:<br><br>A few years ago, we got an AWESOME deal.<br>Now we have a GREAT deal.<br>Soon we&#8217;ll have a GOOD deal.<br>Then&#8230; we&#8217;ll have deal.<br><br>The first 1\/2 of my career was a deal.<br>I was a consistent top performer at DEC for 8 years. One bonus: $800.<br>That&#8217;s what my dad&#8217;s entire career looked like too. We&#8217;ve been living in very unusual times.<br><br>SAVE EARLY \/ SAVE OFTEN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2-1536x838.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2-500x273.png 500w, https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s have the hard conversation about Engineering total compensation: A few years ago, we got an AWESOME deal.Now we have a GREAT deal.Soon we&#8217;ll have a GOOD deal.Then&#8230; we&#8217;ll have deal. The first 1\/2 of my career was a deal.I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/10\/the-hard-conversation-about-compensation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsnover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}