2018 UtahJS Pay, Education, Job-title Survey

Re:2018 UtahJS Pay, Education, Job-title Survey by necubi on Thursday October 18, 2018 @02:17PM (#18250717)

There's no ceiling for developer pay (or at least, you're likely nowhere close to it). Large companies with technical tracks pay 1MM+/year for high-level engineers. Mid-level ("Senior" in title) engineers can easily clear half that.

A few things to note:

* Salaries like that are basically only possible at large public, engineering-driven companies, or finance firms (possibly also high-end consultancies, but I have little knowledge there)

* As you get more senior, a larger and larger percent of your take-home pay will be in the form of stock and bonuses; base salary rises much more slowly

* At the highest levels, you're unlikely to be writing much code. Mostly you'll be leading projects, reviewing technical designs, working with execs, etc.

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Re:2018 UtahJS Pay, Education, Job-title Survey by suresk on Thursday October 18, 2018 @02:28PM (#18250815)

I think it's important to note that this is very location-dependent.

In Utah, where this survey was taken, I'd be willing to bet the number of people with developer-like titles consistently bringing home > $250k take-home probably is less than 0.1% of the dev population, whereas in a place like SF/Seattle/NYC, it is a lot more common.

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Re:2018 UtahJS Pay, Education, Job-title Survey by necubi on Thursday October 18, 2018 @02:49PM (#18251037)

It's definitely location-dependent. My experience is primarily Bay Area/NYC/Seattle, and salaries will likely be lower outside those hubs. However for very skilled or in-demand specialists, it's definitely possible to get SF salaries while working remote in a cheap CoL area.

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