Comments on: Average wages for programmers http://www.geekshout.com/business/average-programmer-wages/58 Blog of a software developer, but the talk is on everything. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Average wages for programmers by: Dinesh Kumar Mandal http://www.geekshout.com/business/average-programmer-wages/58#comment-7586 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:05:52 +0000 http://www.geekshout.com/business/average-programmer-wages/58#comment-7586 I think most people in the s/w development field who sit on the management posts doing marketting s/w and managing resources(developers) undermine the time and effort factors that the developers have to face or go through during the development course. So developers are generally underpaid at most places. Developers can compromise only by consoling themselves by saying they are learning, gaining experience, and so on. But the fact is till and until the develoment process, rule and market trend are not going to improve, programmers will always be paid less than what they deserve. It's the same story of a cunning monkey and a poor cat where the monkey eats all the bread loaf which the cat has brought from somewhere. I think most people in the s/w development field who sit on the management posts doing marketting s/w and managing resources(developers) undermine the time and effort factors that the developers have to face or go through during the development course. So developers are generally underpaid at most places. Developers can compromise only by consoling themselves by saying they are learning, gaining experience, and so on. But the fact is till and until the develoment process, rule and market trend are not going to improve, programmers will always be paid less than what they deserve. It’s the same story of a cunning monkey and a poor cat where the monkey eats all the bread loaf which the cat has brought from somewhere.

]]> Comment on Average wages for programmers by: Lucian Rosu http://www.geekshout.com/business/average-programmer-wages/58#comment-2603 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:49:26 +0000 http://www.geekshout.com/business/average-programmer-wages/58#comment-2603 I'm a programmer too. I've worked as a freelance also in some projects. I guess the real problem starts from the sites where projects are posted. As we know the politics of those sites is that the freelances must propose a smaller price to win, and some fl are so desperate to win a project. I believe it's a general thing, always the buyers will earn something, not the freelancers. The possible reasons for so small prices could be: - some of us think that they learn something and same time they earn some cash (may look absurd but also true). - different freelancers, different countries, different economies, different $ currency - some want so much to earn some money I believe that those kind of sites and those kind of reasons will always influence the low prices/project. It's not a good thing...but don't know how can be stoped cause we're talking about a so big number of freelancers. I’m a programmer too. I’ve worked as a freelance also in some projects. I guess the real problem starts from the sites where projects are posted. As we know the politics of those sites is that the freelances must propose a smaller price to win, and some fl are so desperate to win a project. I believe it’s a general thing, always the buyers will earn something, not the freelancers.

The possible reasons for so small prices could be:
- some of us think that they learn something and same time they earn some cash (may look absurd but also true).
- different freelancers, different countries, different economies, different $ currency
- some want so much to earn some money

I believe that those kind of sites and those kind of reasons will always influence the low prices/project. It’s not a good thing…but don’t know how can be stoped cause we’re talking about a so big number of freelancers.

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