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Old 09-11-2017, 11:15 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan View Post
Please, do you know where can I apply for a job like that? I think that your estimations are a wishful thinking too (from a poor developer POV).
All I can say is that I've been a professional programmer since 1982 and I know how much I make. I also know what the going rate is for an experienced programmer in the contract world. For that matter, I know what the average salary for a starting programmer is coming out of Georgia Tech ($85K is the reported medium starting salary in Spring of 2017). For that matter, I made considerably more than 30K back when I graduated in 1982.

In programming, salaries rise quickly as you get experience, then level off.

Sure, there are mundane programming jobs that don't pay as much, but those tend not to require much skill. Writing a professional quality program that handles all the bells and whistles being discussed requires a lot of skill.
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