If someone comments saying their actual current job, please be kind and thank them in a reply.

  • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    What? Developers are definitely not underpaid, I earn more than twice what a social worker gets after taxes.

    Invisible is also very dubious, if I tell people I’m a developer, everyone assumes I’m a rich genius who’s building cool stuff.

    The true heroes of our industry are the admins. If they’re doing everything right, nobody notices they exist, but if they do only a single thing wrong or some software has a bug they aren’t even responsible for, they’ll get the blame first.

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      1 year ago

      Where do you live? I live in Singapore and am definitely underpaid. Companies hire the cheaper workers from other Asian countries.

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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        1 year ago

        In the US developers, especially those that move into management can make a small fortune. Starting salaries are around where many careers peak with a comfortable living salary and the sky is the limit on how much a dev can make