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An experienced software developer earns perhaps double the national average wage in the UK, depending on where they are in the country (it may be considerably m
by Tyrannosaurs 13y ago
An experienced software developer earns perhaps double the national average wage in the UK, depending on where they are in the country (it may be considerably more than double, it is never less than comfortably above the average).
Real wages are below their early 70s peak by about 14% right now.
By my calculation that puts an average programmer in a considerably better position than most people would have been seeing even in the early 70s.
We have luxurious jobs.
That's not to say we don't earn it, just that any suggestion that we're not well off both relative to the average and relative to any point in history doesn't stack up.
- Nursie 13y agoPay in the UK is awful for a lot of middle-earning jobs like ours. The US and Australia pay far more. I basically had to go contract when I got back here so that I could match the money.
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoReally? I live in Glasgow. Our sysadmin moved to Australia (Sydney) - close to tripled his salary but dropped his standard of living because of higher costs out there. I hear that a lot from people moving out there - great salaries, costs a fortune to live.
- Nursie 13y agoThat much is true - the cost of living is enormous. But the standard of living is pretty enormous too. Houses are pokey and weird over here after that...