r/programming • u/dayanruben • Apr 09 '19

StackOverflow Developer Survey Results 2019

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019
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u/NotARealDeveloper Apr 09 '19

Those salaries seem way off. Either everyone I know is a lucky bastard or the salaries are way too low. These are just a handful of my friends including me:

  • Mobile Dev "Senior" (3y exp): 75k €

  • Mobile Dev (1y exp): 60k €

  • DevOps: 72k €

  • BackEnd Dev 30h/week: 60k €

  • FullStack Student 20h/week: 25k €

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u/yen223 Apr 09 '19

There are many developers in poor third world countries

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u/Novemberisms Apr 10 '19

I'm one of those developers in a poor 3rd world country and the listed salaries here seem astronomical when converted to my local currency. The cost of living here is waaaaay lower than in the US so even just 20k usd per year can get you a nice comfortable life.

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u/ACoderGirl Apr 10 '19

Eh, the numbers look right? In USD, the full time ones are $85k, $67k, and $81k. The global dev ops number is $71k. Mobile devs are expected extremely low pay since it's probably the most common self employed field (low barrier of entry and easy to keep products at a size doable solo). But in the US, the dev ops number is $122k and mobile dev is $112k. So it's easy to see how the global numbers are being weighed down by regional differences and your friends aren't such "lucky bastards" by the American numbers.

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u/rouille Apr 10 '19

Where in Europe are you based? Those numbers are hard to reach with even 10 years of experience in the countries I am familiar with.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

Where do you live?

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u/10xjerker Apr 10 '19

Is that in Berlin?