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I always hear people claiming tech is full of over-inflated salaries, then look at jobs in my area and see that people want a web-dev with 3-5 years of experien

I always hear people claiming tech is full of over-inflated salaries, then look at jobs in my area and see that people want a web-dev with 3-5 years of experience in specific frameworks and offer to pay about $82k/year. Yeah ok guys, that's pretty inflated, innit /s?

walshemj 9y ago
I have in the UK seen a job add in an agency for an experienced php developer at £27k next to it was for a senior "ground worker" for > £35k. A ground worker is the PC term what's known in civil engineering as a "navvy" Oh and the ground worker would get OT
- sjg007 9y ago
  You're going to have to translate what a navvy or ground worker is for us yanks.
  - walshemj 9y ago
    It's guy who digs a hole in the ground for civil engineering projects.
mcguire 9y ago
The median personal income in the US is $31-35k. The median household income was $59k last year. What exactly are the requirements for a "web developer" with 3-5 years experience? More or less than a registered nurse with 3-5 years experience (~$60k)?
- maxsilver 9y ago
  Except nursing is experiencing a major shortage too - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/02/nursing-shortage/459741/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/02/nursing-s... So if anything, the low wages for nurses just just further supports the parent comment -- wages are too low. If you want to fill a shortage, you need to start by raising wages substantially. If for no other reason than to at least allow new students some hope of ever repaying the always-increasing college costs required to enter these fields.
- sjg007 9y ago
  RNs make 100k easy in any mid city market.
- eli_gottlieb 9y ago
  Look, I'm not evaluating their virtue as human beings or their contributions to society. I'm saying that in a functioning market economy, prices/wages reflect an informed estimate of the balance between supply and demand. If you're telling people stories of a shortage and sky-high prices, then offering to buy for well below "sky-high", well, you're lying to someone, and let's just hope it's yourself.

walshemj 9y ago

I have in the UK seen a job add in an agency for an experienced php developer at £27k next to it was for a senior "ground worker" for > £35k. A ground worker is the PC term what's known in civil engineering as a "navvy" Oh and the ground worker would get OT

sjg007 9y ago
You're going to have to translate what a navvy or ground worker is for us yanks.
- walshemj 9y ago
  It's guy who digs a hole in the ground for civil engineering projects.

mcguire 9y ago

The median personal income in the US is $31-35k. The median household income was $59k last year. What exactly are the requirements for a "web developer" with 3-5 years experience? More or less than a registered nurse with 3-5 years experience (~$60k)?

maxsilver 9y ago
Except nursing is experiencing a major shortage too - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/02/nursing-shortage/459741/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/02/nursing-s... So if anything, the low wages for nurses just just further supports the parent comment -- wages are too low. If you want to fill a shortage, you need to start by raising wages substantially. If for no other reason than to at least allow new students some hope of ever repaying the always-increasing college costs required to enter these fields.
sjg007 9y ago
RNs make 100k easy in any mid city market.
eli_gottlieb 9y ago
Look, I'm not evaluating their virtue as human beings or their contributions to society. I'm saying that in a functioning market economy, prices/wages reflect an informed estimate of the balance between supply and demand. If you're telling people stories of a shortage and sky-high prices, then offering to buy for well below "sky-high", well, you're lying to someone, and let's just hope it's yourself.