Software engineer, developer, programmer please stand up. 2011 Poll!

[zoiks]

Between 110-120k for me. I work in SF though where salaries are higher.
I'm not technically a programmer although I need to know C/C++ to do my job as I help developers to debug defects in their source code.

 

[KentState]

I voted in place of the developers here, but most are in the 90-100k range. Mangers are in the 100-120k range, directors 120k - 160k and VP is 160k-250k along with a golden parachute.

 

[AkumaX]

somebody hire me...

 

[Patranus]

Go to glassdoor.com if you want more accurate results.

 

[alkemyst]

yep. underpaid and highly dissatisfied with my job right now. But before I start applying, I need to learn newer tech. Im wondering what I should be looking into...

You need to find what your are passionate about. NetApp and virtualization tech is big, networked storage as well.

I just jumped ship from system admin/programming to Network Engineering.

I am going Cisco certs. I have my CCNA already and now have 3000 pages or so to get through for my CCNP and a CCNA Wireless cert in six months.

 

[zoiks]

yep. underpaid and highly dissatisfied with my job right now. But before I start applying, I need to learn newer tech. Im wondering what I should be looking into...

Perl or Python. I'd look into Perl. That's how I got my start.
Perl is awesome since you can play and figure how to manipulate files or perhaps get some shit off a website. I did that for about a year and then bought Jeffry Friedl's 'Mastering Regular Expressions' which I read for about 6 months. I soon became pretty proficient at regular expressions although some extended regexes still throw me off and I have to stare at them for a while to figure them out.
Anyway, when I started using Perl, my job requirement didn't really utilize it. But when I started looking for a job, it came in really handy. My current job which requires knowledge in C/C++ was something that I didn't have at the time I got this job. During my interview I made that known but the folks at my company weren't worried about that since they knew that if I knew Perl, I could get up to speed in C in no time. And here I am 4.5 years later.

 

[sourceninja]

I know I am underpaid. However, I am paid well for the region and I am give a freedom that can't be matched by the corporate sector. I can honestly do what I want when I want with very little oversight.

My job is a blast and I work my ass off. I could be miserable and do mundane work for some other place and bring home 10 or 20k more a year. But honestly it's not worth my happiness and sanity. I get to do things and create things at my job that I know I could never do anywhere else.

 

[Blueychan]

Now do a poll for entry level/Junior Software Developer

 

[evident]

Perl or Python. I'd look into Perl. That's how I got my start.
Perl is awesome since you can play and figure how to manipulate files or perhaps get some shit off a website. I did that for about a year and then bought Jeffry Friedl's 'Mastering Regular Expressions' which I read for about 6 months. I soon became pretty proficient at regular expressions although some extended regexes still throw me off and I have to stare at them for a while to figure them out.
Anyway, when I started using Perl, my job requirement didn't really utilize it. But when I started looking for a job, it came in really handy. My current job which requires knowledge in C/C++ was something that I didn't have at the time I got this job. During my interview I made that known but the folks at my company weren't worried about that since they knew that if I knew Perl, I could get up to speed in C in no time. And here I am 4.5 years later.

man, i remember using perl at my internship. it was pretty badass. i created a script that was pretty much a barcode reader out of it somehow. i forget most of it now though and im doing java. would love to revisit a scripting language again though. i would imagine it coming in really handy for all purposes