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How Much Money do Programmers Really Make?

Posted by Cliff on from the gross-and-net-worth dept.

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?"

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  1. Re:how much am I payed? by pilgrim23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean they PAY for this? I thought the only renumeration was /. mod points....

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  2. Re:how much am I payed? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Not to be harsh, but learning to spell words like "paid" correctly could probably increase your chances of getting a raise.

    Sure, everyone knows what you mean, but in this world you can't just be competent, you have to be seen to be competent.

  3. Simple formula by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you quit and are begged/pleaded with to return and are offered a raise then you were being under-paid.

    If you quit and leave with a pat on the back then you were being over-paid.

    (... bottom line you are just a serf that will live a boring-unimportant-debt-filled life and most likely will welcome death after 30)

    1. Re:Simple formula by xdroop · · Score: 4, Funny
      and most likely will welcome death after 30
      Absolutely, I would have welcomed death after 30. But you know that after I moved out of my mom's basement, here in the real world things are much better.

      Go on, try it.

      Life sucks. Get a helmet.

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  4. You must do a lotta coke, pal... by PCM2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...cuz you're making triple what I make and I live in San Francisco. A 30-year mortgage payment on a $600K house at 8% interest is what -- $4,200? Where's the other $137,000 a year going?

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  5. Re:I can never figure out what mine should be by sysadmn · · Score: 4, Funny

    After two to three years making it so complex only you understand it, you can pretty much name your price!

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