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What do you expect from a $24k-per-year programmer

• zimpenfish 4y ago
  > What do you expect from a $24k-per-year programmer $24,000 in 1981 is $78,756 in 2022[1] which compares favourably to some estimates[2] of current average game developer salaries (USA: 'approximately $72,000') [1] https://www.inflationtool.com/us-dollar/1981-to-present-value?amount=24000&year2=2022&frequency=yearly https://www.inflationtool.com/us-dollar/1981-to-present-valu... [2] https://itrate.co/blog/game-developer-salary-growth-in-2021 https://itrate.co/blog/game-developer-salary-growth-in-2021
• isk517 4y ago
  According to the article $24K-per-year was his starting salary, which is what he would have earned developing his first and most successful game Yar's Revenge. Also according to the article the success of Yar's Revenge made him a company rock star that was earning over a million a year. So to answer your question we should expect a lot from a $24k programmer and less from a $1M programmer.