AI circles trade salary trajectories: from unpaid to $250k with plenty of dips along the way
cneuralnetwork · x · 2026-10-03
- A viral salary-trajectory thread is making the rounds in AI circles: tr1ckastley shared a climb from unpaid to 25k, 50k, then 70k; cneuralnetwork followed with a bumpier path — unpaid → 15k → 1L → 2.5L → 1.5L → 1L → 1.5L — up and down but trending higher.
- The posts capture how AI industry pay can jump fast yet stay volatile, resonating widely.
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