Please do not listen to anyone who even mentions that the average salary is below $80,000, which is completely uninformed and basically an insult to the profession.
But, that is with the federal government. 3 Weeks vacation + holidays & sick leave is nice, but with furloughs I'm beginning to look elsewhere for employment.
I know spacex is hiring, a buddy of mine left for them.
I don't know your level of experience, and don't take this as rude, but in the DC area, which isn't as expensive as SF I believe, seasoned developers are getting GS13s and 14s here.
I was recently offered a GS14 step 8 (which I think is around $110k or so) for Python development.
Its pretty simple to command 80-100k job in the DC area just working for government contractors. 4 years experience and solid dev skills of the major languages will fetch 95k a year in DC.
Citation needed.
I think maybe you're basing your statement on a healthy dose of sampling bias.
Since they stated they're not listening to people who say it's under $100K, then obviously their sample set was skewed.
100k in SV = 70k in Atlanta (if not even less) as far as buying power.
200k will get you a 2 bedroom 1000sqft 2br-1bth condo facing the biggest park in the city.
If you say 100k, you have to say where. I'd rather make 175k in Atlanta than 250k in SV looking at buying power.
$60,000
But, that is with the federal government. 3 Weeks vacation + holidays & sick leave is nice, but with furloughs I'm beginning to look elsewhere for employment.
I know spacex is hiring, a buddy of mine left for them.
I don't know your level of experience, and don't take this as rude, but in the DC area, which isn't as expensive as SF I believe, seasoned developers are getting GS13s and 14s here.
I was recently offered a GS14 step 8 (which I think is around $110k or so) for Python development.
Its pretty simple to command 80-100k job in the DC area just working for government contractors. 4 years experience and solid dev skills of the major languages will fetch 95k a year in DC.
Absolutely correct.
For the record though, that offer is for a government position, not contracted.
Fresh out of college.
Discussing with others it was pretty standard from conversion through a co-op program.