Which Language pays more in the Computer world?

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I would Like to know which language pays the most in the IT world of programming?
 
currently there is such a milkshake going on... last year i would have said C, this year.. Java.. and next year... Javascript. : ]
 
C++ is in high demand. The higher the demand the higher the renumeration if it was 20 years ago the answer would have been cobol
 
In South Africa, the highest paid developers are of an ancient language called COBOL. This is due to the lack of Cobol developers and SA's Banking/Financial industries great reliance on this language used in their line of business systems.

Ask around in any South African corporate or IT consultancy....
 
turisimo said:
In South Africa, the highest paid developers are of an ancient language called COBOL. This is due to the lack of Cobol developers and SA's Banking/Financial industries great reliance on this language used in their line of business systems..
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And the average age of a COBOL developer is 60? IBM used to have learnerships recruiting young people to go into mainframe development. I wonder if it is still going on.
 
dequadin said:
There's a language called RPG, which is very actively developed in this country. Runs on the same/similar hardware as COBOL (IBM iSeries). I know I used to work as an RPG developer.

All the major insurance companies and banks have RPG installations (in addition to COBOL).
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I take it you have a few grandchildren.:)
 
I know a few fellow students who went into the insurance industry and learned RPG. And yes, most banks and insurance companies are still very dependent on it. As for payroll providers, all the big ones still use COBOL...
 
Not hard to find out, just browse the job listings on websites like IOL.

There's always demand for Java, C#, and C++ developers, though Java and C++ tend to earn the most.
There are a lot of RPG jobs available as well. There are many factors you have to take into account, i.e. what industry the job is in etc. As far as specialisations go, you get programmers who do Military Simulation software, business software, bank software, ERP software, CRM software, web applications, the list goes on. I've looked at a ton of jobs in the last week and the average for all 4 languages tends to be about R30k (thats if you're a professional with a degree and experience!)

If you have a degree, junior positions should pay around R9k upwards.
With a couple years experience, you should expect R15k upwards.
There are positions for senior developers with 5 years experience and a relevant degree, with about R40k - R60k a month, if youre really good (i.e. damn good) you can expect to get there.
 
skippydox said:
so what would be an average for RPG programmer/developer..?
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Experienced Cobol/RPG developers command anywhere between R45K to R130K pm in the financial software industry....i.e. your banks/insurance etc...
Most of these deveopers contract out to mulitple companies simultaneously
 
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Reo91 said:
I would Like to know which language pays the most in the IT world of programming?
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logic... and no... not the programming language.

if you have the basic understanding of programming, you can implement it using anything on this planet. A programmer that's able to do that will be sought after and most probably paid a shatload more than the best-paying-programming language. I have a suspicion here you just went into "PC's" for the money heh? You won't get far.
 
bleh69 said:
currently there is such a milkshake going on... last year i would have said C, this year.. Java.. and next year... Javascript. : ]
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Sorry if this goes off track, but I just started java programming so I have to know. Whats the difference between Java and Javascript.
 
turisimo said:
In South Africa, the highest paid developers are of an ancient language called COBOL. This is due to the lack of Cobol developers and SA's Banking/Financial industries great reliance on this language used in their line of business systems.

Ask around in any South African corporate or IT consultancy....
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Very true.... they try and train the young guys to learn COBOL but no one is interested as its still considered dead end, the old COBOL systems are so reliable but they are looking at replacing them in the next few years.

If you want to be very clever then learn COBOL and the new replacement technology as well. When they move over you will be able to charge an insane amount of money to support both systems.
 
Nerfherder said:
Very true.... they try and train the young guys to learn COBOL but no one is interested as its still considered dead end, the old COBOL systems are so reliable but they are looking at replacing them in the next few years.

If you want to be very clever then learn COBOL and the new replacement technology as well. When they move over you will be able to charge an insane amount of money to support both systems.
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I agree, we are currently running IBM DB2 (mainframe) and VB, C## systems in parallel until data conversions completes ETA 3 years for complete data conversion....Developers and Analysts can retire after the conversion...
 
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