IT Salaries: experience and training

My previous company only trained us out of necessity(staff member with the knowledge left). When the time came for me to leave and I was halfway through some training, I had to pay for it myself with my final salary from them.
 
Training in SA also has tax benefits and BEE point rating benefits, so it can be difficult to directly compare to the US.
 
chop said:
Ever heard of mainframes (+-1960)? Speech recognition was already available in 1971.
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I know about those huge computers that filled a room. What I meant was that there wont be many people experienced in what is required today due to the fast changing environment. So a person with 15 years and another with 25 years experience would be able to fulfil the same role at the same skill level. It is always nice to say that you worked with an Abacus though :)
 
The SA version would have a 50-150% increase in the first 5 yrs.
 
SaiyanZ said:
I know about those huge computers that filled a room. What I meant was that there wont be many people experienced in what is required today due to the fast changing environment. So a person with 15 years and another with 25 years experience would be able to fulfil the same role at the same skill level. It is always nice to say that you worked with an Abacus though :)
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I used the abacus when I was 5 but unfortunately I can't put it on my CV. :)
 
Remember that experience with a language/product is only part of it, most of the knowledge you build up over the years relate to problem solving. People with 25 years experience will most probably be fulfilling more of an analysis/management role which might explain the difference in salary.
 
12 months really isn't a long time.. You do learn just by working so to do a new course every year is silly. How about a comparison with a 3-5 year difference..
 
saffakanera said:
One met a guy aged 23 with 8 years IT experience...
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Could he give references where he got this 8 years experience, and by reference I mean a previous employers?

Because most people that is really interest in IT started to program just after 10 and I can see how somebody can write a program that is useful at 15.

To be honest I could operate a dos command prompt before I could read and write English (I still can not do the former:) and only realized later in life why my dad would not help me with this game called larry.exe.

Regards,
 
d-_-b said:
Could he give references where he got this 8 years experience, and by reference I mean a previous employers?

Because most people that is really interest in IT started to program just after 10 and I can see how somebody can write a program that is useful at 15.

To be honest I could operate a dos command prompt before I could read and write English (I still can not do the former:) and only realized later in life why my dad would not help me with this game called larry.exe.

Regards,
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Me too.
 
RVQ said:
You'd be surprised, I know guys that worked with punch cards...
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There is a few of those where I work. We are not doing "IT" just Software (which uses information and technology, AHHHGrrr I give up).
 
One of my lecturers (set to leave at the end of this year) has been lecturing for 30years, hes done everything from punchcards, to writing drivers, to writing protocols, to seeing the early vacuum tube (pre transistor) type computers :D
 
Question:
I'm in matric this year, very tempted to get into programming career, BUT WHERE DO I START? What should I study, degree, tech, certified ?????
Over the last few weeks I've been having lots of confusion about what to do - well for the only reason that most of the Higher Education Institutes's appliance dates are getting closer.
help
 
ronald911 said:
Question:
I'm in matric this year, very tempted to get into programming career, BUT WHERE DO I START? What should I study, degree, tech, certified ?????
Over the last few weeks I've been having lots of confusion about what to do - well for the only reason that most of the Higher Education Institutes's appliance dates are getting closer.
help
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Late to start deciding now. I suggest going and seeing a uni counsellor, irrespective of where you want to go, at least to get an idea of the paths you can take.
 
You get professionals and then you get professional course takers.
 
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