Poll: How much do you make as a programmer?

Re:Poll: How much do you make as a programmer? by skarayan on Thursday July 14, 2011 @01:31PM (#2764005)

It depends a lot on the domain and your expertise of the business overall. For example, working for a non-profit is completely different than working on trading algorithms for a hot hedge fund where you also partake in creating the algos.

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Re:Poll: How much do you make as a programmer? by almightygod on Thursday July 14, 2011 @01:32PM (#2764013)

The domain/work/location doesn't change the fact of how much you get paid...just the justification for why it is a particular amount.

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Re:Poll: How much do you make as a programmer? by skarayan on Thursday July 14, 2011 @01:36PM (#2764029)

I just don't think that comparing programmer salaries across the board makes much sense because of the different domains. Understanding the domain is often more difficult than understanding the programming language.

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Re:Poll: How much do you make as a programmer? by smackfu on Thursday July 14, 2011 @02:06PM (#2764210)

So you end up with salary data, but you have no way to analyze it in any way, for instance to answer "why do some people get paid x and other people get paid y?" So what's the point?

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