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Ask HN: How to Increase Yearly Income Potential as Young Talented Developer?
I'm a talented young developer who can easily complete challenges on Project Euler in various languages (Ruby, Java, C#, PHP). I am passionate about technology and stay up-to-date on all the latest technologies. At work, I find that I rarely ask assistance of Senior developers and that often they're asking my assistance. I see the work that is done by people with more experience is done slower and is often poorly designed.
I have a Bachelors in Computer Information Systems, but even now that I'm graduated from school I still find that jobs require 3+ years of experience. Today I asked a recruiter what I could do to increase my income, they responded that I simply need more experience. With my 2 years experience, I can see that I am much wiser - even though my technical knowledge hasn't improved considerably. I appreciate the importance of experience and how it ties into wisdom, but I can't help but feel like there is still a large discrepancy between my skills and my job. Also, wisdom can be shared - and I am pretty good at finding the right person to ask the right questions too. How can I bridge this gap between my real potential and the potential that my resume implies?
What are good ways to reliably show off my skills? I do personal coding projects, but those don't seem to count for much...
How can I increase my yearly income potential?
- phamilton 13y agoFind a better company. Find a better recruiter. I'm 2 years out of school and don't have those issues. If you are in the Bay Area, hit me up (email in profile). I'd love to talk more about it.
- younglingthrow 13y agoI'm 9 months out of school and I'm in Canada... I'd love to move to the Bay Area though.