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I would agree with that picture. In other comments on this thread, I've indicated Java & SQL are the #1 demands on any project I've ever worked on. At the same
by NikolaNovak 7y ago
I would agree with that picture. In other comments on this thread, I've indicated Java & SQL are the #1 demands on any project I've ever worked on.
At the same time though, none of those people have earned anything remotely what I tend to see on HN in general, and SF area in particular. From my limited experience, it feels like a good, experienced, hardened, senior Java developer in Toronto, Canada (not a tiny/cheap place), makes about half what a hot-startup-technology intermediate makes in SF :-\
- nostrebored 7y agoCanada is particularly bleak in terms of SDE salary though. My offers in South Africa were higher than average salaries in Vancouver.
- sidlls 7y agoTech "hubs" like the Bay Area are rare: most software developers earn far less, and our salaries shouldn't be taken for a typical salary. The vast majority of software developers will never see six figures (adjusted for inflation) unless they move to management, just like most of their white-collar peers.