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The $200,000 Software Developer

itwbennett writes "You can make a decent living as a software developer, and if you were lucky enough to get hired at a pre-IPO tech phenom, you can even get rich at it. But set your sights above the average and below Scrooge McDuck and you won't find many developers in that salary range. In fact, the number of developers earning $200,000 and above is under 10%, writes blogger Phil Johnson who looked at salary data from Glassdoor, Salary.com and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. How does your salary rate? What's your advice for earning the big bucks?"

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  1. Re:Wanna earn $200K+? Two words... by azav · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Only one physicist?

    Physicist**s**, not Physicist.

    There is a rather huge difference between singular and plural in English. Singular only means one of any type. Plural means more than one.

    "Great pay but they expect perform ace now."

    What? By "perform ace", do you mean "performance"??

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