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Ask HN: What is the ceiling salary for an average developer?
- sciurus 12y agoThis is going to vary greatly based on the country and city where a developer lives.
- foofoodoo 12y agoIf you work at a normal company and get a salary, I'd say 150K these days for a senior is just about the max. As a highly skilled consultant/freelancer that chargers per project or hourly... could possibly be much more. This is in the USA btw.
- MalcolmDiggs 12y agoI'd agree, with a few caveats: 1. If you make it to upper-management (VP of Eng. / CTO, etc) you can expect to make an additional 100k or so. 2. Your "total comp" is going to vary widely. If you're lucky enough to work for a public company who comps you options, the actual value of your package could me many multiples of your salary.
- drstewart 12y agoThe lowest end of our senior band is $150k. Pretty standard for similar companies. This is SF.
- smeyer 12y agoI don't think this is really a fair upper bound. Yes, I know a lot of senior guys making less than 150K. But I also have friends with starting salaries immediately out of college that were closer to 200K. (Also USA.)
- darthVapor 12y agoWhat kind of pay could I expect fresh out of college? I'm currently working part time as a developer in our college Software Engineering lab and am active in our local Code for America brigade