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Re:Redditors earning $100k+ a year, what are your secrets to... by _delirium on Friday February 25, 2011 @02:57AM (#2261437)
Those all seem to be senior positions, and only in certain cities. So I would agree that $100k+ is a common salary for an engineer, especially a senior one. But the original post was talking about the bare minimum as a professional, which should include various kinds of professionals, at different levels of seniority and various locations.

For example, I'd consider jobs like this to be "professional" --> http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=electrical+engineer&l1=c... http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=software+engineer&l1=sea...

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Re:Redditors earning $100k+ a year, what are your secrets to... by sokoloff on Friday February 25, 2011 @11:08AM (#2262585)
In the US, good software engineers or sysengineers get a "senior" title with 2-4 years experience, and probably closer to the 2. So, it's a "senior" position in title only.
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Re:Redditors earning $100k+ a year, what are your secrets to... by salemh on Sunday February 27, 2011 @12:23PM (#2268265)
My experience recruiting Senior Developers (not a coder, take it for what its worth) for top-3 eCommerce firms, top 10 Las Vegas Casino's and Casino game design firms (which normally offer lower compensation) and top financial firms.

Low-cost of living, "Senior" developers were making ~$80-$90,000 base upwards to $120,000 base (rare).

High cost of living areas the Senior developers were making $90,000 (probably poor negotiation or "title" based "Senior" vs skill level) to $160,000 base. In higher cost of living area's the benefits and "perks" were always higher, but tended towards a lower work-life balance. The work-life statement is generalized, since it is, of course, company dependent. In lower/mid level cost of living, "breaking" $100,000 was difficult to negotiate.

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Re:Redditors earning $100k+ a year, what are your secrets to... by bradya on Friday February 25, 2011 @10:03PM (#2264721)
Yes, I can vouch for that.

I've worked with several "senior" developers who had "decades" of experience but had no idea how to write good code.

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