Software developers salary outlier
Hello, I recently heard from a recruiter from an agency (He was trying to push an offer to me) that there are software developers out there who are earning way above market salary and he told me is not uncommon.
For example, he said there is a developer who had no programming degree/background and commands a salary of $6.5k per month after 2 years into the industry. There is another developer who had 4 years experience and is now drawing close to $10k per month. Is this normal? How did these people manage to convince the company to pay them that much? |
Yes he is right, but it is an outlier (less than top 5 percent). How to convince them? You need to have a good skillsets. But I believe normally this people without programming background can pick up quickly because they have a high IQ (they are normally good at math during uni time).
For the person with 4 years exp, it is possible to command 10k but you should be good at management as well (being a leader) not only programming unless you are working at FANG companies. It is like insurance, you dont need a degree, but if you are at the top of 5 percent, you can easily draw 200k regardless of your exp. |
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Lets say grab 5.5k starting, 1 year in with a raise to 6.2k, and another year in you can jump to another company with 20% increase to your 7.5k |
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hi, it is possible.
You need to choose the correct company and you must display leadership qualities as well as technical skillset. 1st year - ~5k 3rd year - ~7.5k 5th year - ~9.5k |
Yep cause there startup with lots of funding that pay this crazy high pay but normal MNC excluding FANG doesn't pay that well for average to above average people unless you are really really good.
However, from recent news of honestbee (which pay really well) you have to be prepared to have no pay since most of these companies stay afloat from their fundings not profit. |
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India produce lots of software developer but most of them are construction level skill. So if you are at that skill level, you have lots of competition hence your pay won't be high. |
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It depends on the skills, experience, and lication
Salaries are very very different. According to Glassdoor, a Silicon-Valley-based senior can charge make up to $120,000/yr. But a junior from Mexico makes almost 10 times less - $13,500/yr. The skills are also important:
DevOps Engineer $130,000 Embedded Software Developer $82,000 CRM developer $77,000 Mobile application development $73,000 ERP solution development $69,000 (The salaries are for the USA). Source: s://bridgeteams.com/blog/average-software-developer-salary/ |
if you count RPA as software as well.
I start this Feb as jr dev 3k I was promoted this month to sr dev 4k with 8 months experience. |
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