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I'm a senior programmer at a smallish company (30 programmers around 150 people total) where I've been for 5 years and I make 60k. Funny part is I bill out at

I'm a senior programmer at a smallish company (30 programmers around 150 people total) where I've been for 5 years and I make 60k. Funny part is I bill out at 140 per hour and am 95% billable.

sudhirj 11y ago
Service companies are always a bit of a problem. Your value is effectively capped by your hourly rate minus overheads. And that's in the highest levels. At all the lower levels you're paying the salaries of the higher ups and non billable folks.
aantix 11y ago
Why are you still there?
- gnarbarian 11y ago
  Not many software jobs in Alaska. I am against moving as well.
  - myanondev 11y ago
    go remote!
HelloMcFly 11y ago
I think this community is frankly out of touch on compensation expectations for the bulk of the population, but you are definitely underpaid and should find another job elsewhere.
- Futurebot 11y ago
  I knew about a lot of the numbers in this thread, but reading them here blows me away anyway. Mine went like this (all numbers inflation adjusted for 2015, and are base salary. Location is NYC): Company 1 (~25 employees, entertainment industry. No benefits. No stock.) 1997-2000 $30,757.56 (entry level) 2001-2002 $98,944.97 (junior) 2003 $128,986.96 (senior) Company 2 (post dot-com crash brought salaries way down, ~150 employees, software company. Ok benefits. No stock.) 2003-2005 $66,838.10 (mid-level) 2006 $77,699.29 (senior) Company 3 (non-tech startup, 5 full-time employees. OK benefits. Small amount of stock.) 2007 $114,465.95 (senior) 2008-2012 $77,529.03 (senior, pay cut after investments were cut) Company 4 (~120 employees, ad firm. Goodish benefits. No stock.) 2013 $100,000 (mid-level) 2014 $110,000 (senior) Not only do company sizes, upward trajectories, educational background, company industry, etc. impact earnings, but where you are in relation to business cycles and booms/busts really matter.

I'm a senior programmer at a smallish company (30 programmers around 150 people total) where I've been for 5 years and I make 60k. Funny part is I bill out at 140 per hour and am 95% billable.

sudhirj 11y ago

Service companies are always a bit of a problem. Your value is effectively capped by your hourly rate minus overheads. And that's in the highest levels. At all the lower levels you're paying the salaries of the higher ups and non billable folks.

aantix 11y ago

Why are you still there?

gnarbarian 11y ago
Not many software jobs in Alaska. I am against moving as well.
- myanondev 11y ago
  go remote!

HelloMcFly 11y ago

I think this community is frankly out of touch on compensation expectations for the bulk of the population, but you are definitely underpaid and should find another job elsewhere.

Futurebot 11y ago
I knew about a lot of the numbers in this thread, but reading them here blows me away anyway. Mine went like this (all numbers inflation adjusted for 2015, and are base salary. Location is NYC): Company 1 (~25 employees, entertainment industry. No benefits. No stock.) 1997-2000 $30,757.56 (entry level) 2001-2002 $98,944.97 (junior) 2003 $128,986.96 (senior) Company 2 (post dot-com crash brought salaries way down, ~150 employees, software company. Ok benefits. No stock.) 2003-2005 $66,838.10 (mid-level) 2006 $77,699.29 (senior) Company 3 (non-tech startup, 5 full-time employees. OK benefits. Small amount of stock.) 2007 $114,465.95 (senior) 2008-2012 $77,529.03 (senior, pay cut after investments were cut) Company 4 (~120 employees, ad firm. Goodish benefits. No stock.) 2013 $100,000 (mid-level) 2014 $110,000 (senior) Not only do company sizes, upward trajectories, educational background, company industry, etc. impact earnings, but where you are in relation to business cycles and booms/busts really matter.