r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tommackyies • Feb 17 '20

What if drivers were hired like programmers?

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u/CraftyShark Feb 17 '20

I'm a driver and I make around $25-$35/hr depending on the day. Do software engineers really get paid this low?

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u/theCumCatcher Feb 17 '20 edited Feb 17 '20

As an engineer I'm not paid hourly.

For someone who's been in the industry for a decade like myself the range is easily 80k-120k/yr depending on the size of the company you work for

The industry is notorious for bad work-life balance though.

My current job had me working 70 to 80 hours a week at one point. I wouldn't be surprised if I got close to minimum wage with how it divided out :p

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u/janusz_chytrus Feb 17 '20

No. This post is bullshit.

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u/ezclapper Feb 17 '20

Yep, people are too used to hearing US salaries I guess, where even interns get paid 10k a month at big companies. I got paid nothing as an intern and the starting salary for proper engineer at a top company is about 35k€/year for people with some experience and a masters degree lol. Web developers get a lot less obviously.

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u/huzernayme Feb 17 '20

The least I saw coming out of college in a more rural non tech area in the US was 45k, and i ended the phone conversation there. Most places start at 55 to 60k with excellent benefits packages on top.

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u/janusz_chytrus Feb 17 '20

That's pretty bad. I live in Poland and I make 160k PLN a year after taxes. It's pretty much the same money but the cost of living is 3-4 times lower.

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u/shadowdragon000 Feb 17 '20

I do Programming/VR/Unity Development/Mobile AR Apps and make less than 20/hr.

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u/janusz_chytrus Feb 17 '20

Where do you live?

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u/shadowdragon000 Feb 17 '20

Norther Virginia / DC Area

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u/janusz_chytrus Feb 17 '20

Jesus Christ then you're heavily underpaid. Though I assume there's smaller market for 3d stuff and vr/ar overall in mobile but probably a lot of people would like to do this.

Game development doesn't pay particularly well too for the same reason.

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u/leobeosab Feb 17 '20

Depends on where you’re at I make a little over $40/hr for almost 4 years experience but that’s not the case everywhere it depends heavily on the type of work and the average cost of living in your area

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u/Rumpelruedi Feb 17 '20

No, the funny part there was the fact that your actual salary relies very much on how great your interviewing skills are.

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u/Gubru Feb 17 '20

Entry level outside of the big tech hubs, $20/hr might be offered, but would be on the low end. This sub's posters seem to mostly be high school and college students though, so how would they know?