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What kind of salary expectations should I expect working as a PHP Developer?
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Salary expectation for a PHP Developer
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matthew-
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21 years old.
4 years experience.
Matric public administration.
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Other Pineapple Smurf
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21 yrs with 4yrs experience? So you've been employed as a PHP developer since you where 17 then?
With the current offers I'm seeing, your looking at R12K. Add a degree then you go to R18K, add 5yrs employment experience and then your > R25K. Then again these figures apply to PHP developers with extensive SQL and LINUX experience (deploying your code).
Those figures sound about right to me.
Other Pineapple Smurf
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Currently back in the job market (Still employed thank goodness) and these are the figures I'm seeing.
I completed my Btech in I.T(Software Engineering) at CPUT(Cape Town) end of 2010.I have 6 Months Experience in full time employment in PHP which I did in 2009. With my freelance work I have about 10 Months experience in total.I started working as a PHP developer in January 2011 so I now have 14 Months complete total experience in PHP with a Btech Degree. What do you think i can expect my salary to be?
Could be anything from R5k to R10k. Sory to say this but PHP dev doesn't pay the big $$$$$. Move to C# or Java.
To me PHP and Python have been alternative languages to your min enterprise ones.
/Flame suit on
Other Pineapple Smurf
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The problem with PHP is that its the entry point for too many noob developers. The avg standard is beyond dog poo. An experienced PHP with a BSc is in high demand and command a salary beyond that of his/her C# peers.
Python developers are in massive demand but the Python market is very very hard to crack. Standards are as high as erlang and few survive. I had the option of doing Python (excellent salary) but was honest and said I did not have the experience as I know what the Python market dictates. (I'm not so sure how the Jhb Python market is but in the Cape its massive).
On C#, well I'm going to be teaching myself C# over the next 2yrs and take on some pro-bona projects to get the experience. Experienced C# developers can find work quicker than others. I'm also going to get into Sharepoint.
But cross-platform developers are also worth a lot.
Also throw in SQL experience. All the good jobs now require proven SQL experience beyond that of a simple SELECT.
Other Pineapple Smurf
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Any unemployed PHP developers in Somerset West looking for an entry level position? No promises but I know of a local company that is always open to new staff.
I've been trying to get into it for some time and the opportunity hasn't been forthcoming. But I heard SharePoint is pain in the ass.
I think if you want to make money in IT, you need to specialize in a certain product (e.g. SharePoint, SAP stuff, CRM Dynamics, BizTalk, or other ERP stuff)
Just being a general developer doesn't get you the big money IMO. A friend of mine is an ERP (Oracle stuff) consultant and he's making shyt load of $$$.
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sap courses are farking expensive??does anyone know of any training centres in cape town which offer courses,and for how much??Is it also the right way to go because I am currently a php developer but I want to be a systems analyst in the long run
Other Pineapple Smurf
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You got a BSc yet? If not then first get your BSc
I agree with that 100%. I also have an Oracle friend and he's not counting the money anymore. He just uses a scale
Oracle and SAP seems to pay best IMHO
I agree with that 100%. I also have an Oracle friend and he's not counting the money anymore. He just uses a scale
Oracle and SAP seems to pay best IMHO
This is true outside of SA as well.