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How Much Money do Programmers Really Make?
bigman2003 asks: "ADTmag.com recently released a list of average salaries for IT workers. Usually when I see these lists, I find out that I am grossly below the average salary. But this time I was very surprised to see that I am actually above the average! This is partly because of a recent raise, but it is also because the numbers quoted in this survey are lower than what I've seen the past from other surveys. This report quotes about $56,000 for the average application developer. I am a web developer (sure, laugh all you want) and I wanted to know specifically: How much are other web developers were making? And- How many hours a week does it take you to make it?"
Feb. 2004 - Sep. 2005
That makes 1 year and 7 months. Call it what you like, but if it were me, I wouldn't say "nearly 2 years", since it isn't. I'd say something a little more like "a bit over a year and a half".
I'm going to assume that you don't routinely exaggerate figures in your favor like this...
SIGSEGV caught, terminating
wait... not that kind of sig.
Well, since your premise is incorrect, no reason to bother with your conclusion.
The correct answer is that I work for a small company (which it appears you never have - see, at a small company, you pitch in whereever you can), so I've traded a great work environment for low pay and unclear job guidlines.
This decision has started to wear on me though.
The idea that developing a new custom CRM system for a company from scatch requires neither creativity nor skill is ridiculous.
But... why did I ever bother with this post? You're just another AC slashdot jackass.
Spend 80% of my time programming simulations in C++
I guess the rest 20% is devoted to argueing with the people that spend their 80% testing your programs, eh? (not to bash C++, but the world has moved on...)