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Originally Posted by bochng0001
Thanks for sharing.
I presume you're in an engineering position? Your pay is really fantastic and I believe way more than what other engineers would expect to get, not just at 32 but at any age?
I'm in a US tech company and they do pay technical people well (at least compared to local sweatshops), but it's a fact that if you really want to go into the upper echelons in terms of pay and influence, you'd have to go to manager-level or director-level and above (where you're managing people more than doing the dirty work). I don't think it's any different in your company or any other company for that matter?
It's sad that this is the reality (that I seem to be seeing) where technical people, the engines of the company, are valued less than the managers etc but this is how it is, from what I see (e.g. even if you're a technical guru at the top of your game, you still have to bow down to the wishes of the upper management anyway).
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I mainly do research & testing in the carbon composite space. I can't speak for your company, but what you say does not apply to my company at least.
Over here we have very clearly defined technical career track and the pay is as high as any director or vp. Principal subject matter specialists (T5/T6 level) especially those with deep exposure are paid easily 30k - 40k, though they mange 3-4 specialist below. I don't think that is in any way inferior to a typical director who can have hundreds or thousands below him.
As for bowing down, not in my case. We simply collaborate with the business managers and offer them advice accordingly, it is not a matter of who bowing down to who. Sometimes I get my way, sometimes I compromise with other business leaders.