3/7 I'm making $66,000/yr writing code. Should I be pissed at what I'm
making or should I be happy to have a job? (6yrs out of school)
\_ Where do you live? If it's in an expensive place (SF, LA, NY,
or the like) then you should be pissed if what you're writing
is any good. --dim
\_ i'm in reno, so there's a little less state tax to pay.
also, I'm doing more product maintenance work - work no one
at the company wants to do and they're hard pressed to find
qualified programmers in reno to do
\_ not just taxes, real estate is dirt cheap there. i would
consider going there but i work for hw companies and
they are concentrated in SV, NY, and Dallas.
\_ What's a good salary for a 2002 grad writing code?
\_ I'm making $65K living in NYC... and slightly unhappy
because its so expensive out here... but also not too happy
with what I'm writing, and also happy to have a job.
\_ I remember Patterson telling us in 61c that the average
Cal CS guy got about $50-55K. I'm getting $62 (LA) but I
don't know what to think about it.
\_ when did he say that? ... that estimate seems low
\_ I'm making less than that, but I'm just happy to have a job.
-geordan
\_ me too, and i like my job.
\_ 95k for software eng, 7 yrs exp.
\_ my friend just got a job in SF for $83k, 1 yr post MS exp. ymmv.
of course, a masters from Cal is probably worth > 2yrs exp.
\_ In your dreams. It's all about experience. Maybe at some
university or government lab an MS counts. The dotcoms proved
that a degree with no experience makes you a good burger flipper.
\_ I get paid $200/hr for picking my butt over the VPs desk.
I am so smooth that the CFO brings "me" coffee.
I am so elite that companies beg to offer me options.
\_ wut about h07 42n ch1x?
\_ And don't even let me get started on the babes...
\_ They beg to offer you options? You are so stupid that
companies get away with paying you in slips of paper of
any kind other than the green variety?
\_ i'm making 55k, graduated in 2001, live in orange county.
\_ 120k. hate job with passion. sometimes i wonder if my life would
be better working at a place without assholes for less money. any
of you work at places you *enjoy* working at?
\_ what do you hate about your job exactly?
\_ I'm rather happy with my job, but again, I don't get paid
that much. -geordan |