salaryFoo

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   by salaryFoo 8y ago

   * I work with pretty niche enterprise devops software. My Linkedin profile is 100% oriented to selling my skills with that software (Note that there is a real risk that this software will be out-of-fashion in five years) * I give a proper r
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   by salaryFoo 8y ago

   About three years after graduating I stumbled into some extra freelance work a school friend passed on to me. Then got lucky again by finding myself in a well-paid (for UK) devops niche. - 2009: £1,000/yr Mostly depressed, unemployed a
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   by salaryFoo 8y ago

   devops
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   by salaryFoo 8y ago

   As another data-point: My day-rates as a long-term contractor which have some decent year-on-year increases from switching clients 2012 £200 (first time programming for money) 2013 £300 (new client) 2014 £425 (new client) 2015 - took a year
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   by salaryFoo 8y ago

   $250k USD / £190k GBP UK-based devops contractor in a niche enterprise open-source technology. Long-term, sometimes remote, contracts.