$100,000
Please do not listen to anyone who even mentions that the average salary is below $80,000, which is completely uninformed and basically an insult to the profession.
Please do not listen to anyone who even mentions that the average salary is below $80,000, which is completely uninformed and basically an insult to the profession.
I think maybe you're basing your statement on a healthy dose of sampling bias.
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I see where you're coming from, but you must understand that a lot of people capitalize on what you just said to underpay you ... and if they do that to enough developers, they can drive down wages for every software developer in the area.
The company should pay you what you're worth to them, not the minimum you need to survive comfortably.
So do I.
But if you want me to do those things for you as opposed to doing them for myself, you'll have to pay me market rate+
200k will get you a 2 bedroom 1000sqft 2br-1bth condo facing the biggest park in the city.
If you say 100k, you have to say where. I'd rather make 175k in Atlanta than 250k in SV looking at buying power.
But, that is with the federal government. 3 Weeks vacation + holidays & sick leave is nice, but with furloughs I'm beginning to look elsewhere for employment.
I know spacex is hiring, a buddy of mine left for them.
I was recently offered a GS14 step 8 (which I think is around $110k or so) for Python development.
For the record though, that offer is for a government position, not contracted.
Discussing with others it was pretty standard from conversion through a co-op program.