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> Sometimes programmers need to know a minimal amount of PHP and JavaScript I'd say that covers the majority of programming jobs. The problem, though, is that
by ThrowawayR2 7y ago
> Sometimes programmers need to know a minimal amount of PHP and JavaScript
I'd say that covers the majority of programming jobs. The problem, though, is that the are a vast number of people who can meet that bar and salaries are bound to collapse to reflect that at some point. What happens to them then?
- stale2002 7y ago> salaries are bound to collapse to reflect that at some point. I don't don't, I've been hearing people make this claim for a decade now. Hasn't happened yet. Quite the opposite, people keep saying this, yet salaries continue to skyrocket. Maybe basic programming skills are just really valuable, and when people learn them, they become able to do much more productive work?
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- throwawayjava 7y agoI don't know about that. I think salaries for web developers without some differentiating skill set have collapsed, or were never really that high to begin with. The average salary coming out of my undergrad's CS dept is about $60K. Programming salaries are now very bimodal.