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Unfortunately, Stack Overflow decided to use Survey Monkey to store their old survey results so I could only find an easily accessible one as far back as 2015 (
by uncomputation 5y ago
Unfortunately, Stack Overflow decided to use Survey Monkey to store their old survey results so I could only find an easily accessible one as far back as 2015 (https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2015#work-complang https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2015#work-complang) but even in that one, it notes that niche areas and cloud computing pay well. Cloud computing specifically was said to pay 126% above average. Just wanted to
prove I’m not failing sanity check yet.
- giantg2 5y agoAh, I guess that makes sense when it was still niche. It looks like the others above it are mostly big data and ML related.
- uncomputation 5y agoThat makes a lot of sense: niche areas in general pay higher so it’s not anything about cloud architecture or devops but rather when it was still niche that made it lucrative. I don’t think it’s anywhere niche anymore so I would assume the salaries will gradually lower but then again who knows, it’s hard to lower salaries that have been high previously.
- giantg2 5y agoIt's likely they just haven't paid raises or made cost of living adjustments. Even with low inflation, a lack of COL adjustment would be substantial over 5 years.