What do you earn?

I'll use cguy's template

Earn: High end if I look at the MyBroadband articles.
Age: 38
Stack: Full stack .NET. Used to code in C/C++ for the first 12 years of my career.
Relative to my peers: I'm good. Can be better. I know of one developer here by us who's better than me. I'm fast though and can keep bugs to a minimal. I deliver.
Qualification: A diploma in Comp Sci. Also did about 2 thirds of a degree through Unisa but went through a tough time and stopped studying. If I could go back in time I would have completed it.
Experience: ~18 years professional experience.
 
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Earn: somewhere between 20 and 30 take home.
Age : 31
Stack: Full stack specialising in back end. Asp.net (C#,VB,Soap Webservices,Vbscript) | Java| Android | HTML/CSS /Bootstrap | Unreal Engine (Unrealscript)
Relative to my peers: No peers, only developer in the company
Qualification: 2 years incomplete degree.
Experience: coding since 13, professional work experience - 11 years
 
Can you guys pls add your age into your replies?
 
semaphore said:
Fair enough, but I still won't work in an awesome office that doesn't pay me what I am expecting.
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Yes, very true. Don't undersell yourself or as they say, don't pay your employer to work for them. I always believe you first interview for the job and if you fell you like it, you then only start to negotiate salaries. It is rude to talk about money on the first date.

I've seen countless people storm off to other jobs over salary only to end up more miserable instead of finding something more in line with their passions for a little bit less money but as long as it is industry standard.
 
Earn: Not allowed to disclose.
Age: 39
Stack: Full stack .NET. Previously done a whack of other technologies.
Relative to my peers: On par I believe. However even though it's a good salary with things going the way they are, I just managed to support a family, save for pension etc. But not much spare change at the end of the month.
Qualification: BSc Computer science
Experience: 17 years.
 
The one question that this thread is asking, is the one that nobody is answering... :D
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
The one question that this thread is asking, is the one that nobody is answering... :D
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Yeah, they shoud just put in a range if they dont want to disclose like how I did :)

Although it does look like I need to go and finish my degree. Do you know the % increase one would get if they went to their HR wirth a complete degree after being at the company for 6+ years?
 
Batista said:
Yeah, they shoud just put in a range if they dont want to disclose like how I did :)

Although it does look like I need to go and finish my degree. Do you know the % increase one would get if they went to their HR wirth a complete degree after being at the company for 6+ years?
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Depends on the company. I've seen 0% up to 40%. Anecdotally, those moving to different companies after having obtained a degree, have seen the best results. When I got my honours, there was no mention of that being taken into account when calculating my next increase, and that increase was about in line with my previous (generous) increases, so I feel it didn't do anything for me.
The director I reported to thought very little of formal education though. Probably a bit of sour grapes from not having been able to obtain his CA...
 
Earn: R68k CTC / R40k cash
Age: 38
Stack: Used to be Full stack .NET. Doing more back-end support / automation.
Relative to my peers: The best in a small group IMHO. One more proper developer in my immediate area would be seen as better. My employers do not see me the same way and they avoid software development. So my skills are not utilized and therefore technical skills have deteriorated. End of the road.
Qualification: BSc Comp Sci
Experience: 16 years professional experience, started programming at 14.
 
GoB said:
Earn: R68k CTC / R40k cash
Age: 38
Stack: Used to be Full stack .NET. Doing more back-end support / automation.
Relative to my peers: The best in a small group IMHO. One more proper developer in my immediate area would be seen as better. My employers do not see me the same way and they avoid software development. So my skills are not utilized and therefore technical skills have deteriorated. End of the road.
Qualification: BSc Comp Sci
Experience: 16 years professional experience, started programming at 14.
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What city do you live in ?
 
Earn: Much more than even best numbers for developers on MYBB surveys, also that is without bonus's which can be 50% my annual ctc if we are doing well. Not able to give exact numbers.
Age: 38
Stack: Python, SQL for trading systems/investment banking
Relative to my peers: Similar, I think I am about average for the group with a few a lot better and a few much worse. However its a high end field with some seriously smart guys so average up here is something I am happy with. I deliver on my work and have a ton of domain knowledge which helps.
Qualification: Masters level in Engineering
Experience: Started programming at about age 12, 13 years professional experience.

Just a note on the survey's, in this country qualification matters. Developers in SA have a wide variety of educational backgrounds and these surveys just don't give a crap about that. So seeing the average for developers is 24K is heavily skewed by guys with no degree, or perhaps a course or two. If you want to compare you need to compare to your education level. For me I tend to compare to other engineers, or guys with masters level comp sci, maths, etc. Even for guys who just have the 3 year comp sci degree I see a big difference on average in earning potential to guys who are good and go up to honours and masters level, even when the degree has little to do with how good you actually are. Its a sad fact in SA that education is so rare that it is almost over paid for around here.
 
Why do we need this "my dick is longer than yours" thread. Seriously bad taste.
 
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