Ask HN: What Is Happening to the Market?

#1

Post by jokestir » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 3:53 PM UTC

I am a dev with 6+ years of experience.

What is happening to the dev market? I can't help but notice a trend.

On twitter, I see 17 year old devs pulling in 120k+ annual income [1].

At 17, I had not even started my college yet.

Is this the new normal?

It all seems to be a bit surreal seeing teenagers make so much money in high school while they struggle to even make a proper git commit.

[1] https://twitter.com/PrasoonPratham/status/1468899558289592322

Re: Ask HN: What Is Happening to the Market?

#2

Post by uberman » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 4:00 PM UTC

Alas, it is not just teens who sometimes struggle to even make a proper git commit.

Re: Ask HN: What Is Happening to the Market?

#3

Post by tboyd47 » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 4:20 PM UTC

What's wrong with that? Salary is all relative to cost of living. And Git is typically not taught in schools.

Re: Ask HN: What Is Happening to the Market?

#4

Post by jokestir » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 4:28 PM UTC

tboyd47 wrote: post #3

What's wrong with that? Salary is all relative to cost of living. And Git is typically not taught in schools.

Seems like I am out of touch with reality then.

If 17 year olds with no experience get that much, then I dunno about experienced devs.

Re: Ask HN: What Is Happening to the Market?

#5

Post by tboyd47 » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 4:39 PM UTC

jokestir wrote: post #4

tboyd47 wrote: post #3

What's wrong with that? Salary is all relative to cost of living. And Git is typically not taught in schools.

Seems like I am out of touch with reality then. If 17 year olds with no experience get that much, then I dunno about experienced devs.

Experienced devs can make much more than that. Does that surprise you?

Re: Ask HN: What Is Happening to the Market?

#6

Post by yuppie_scum » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 4:58 PM UTC

If Twitter was reflective of broader reality, Bernie would have been president 3 times already

Re: Ask HN: What Is Happening to the Market?

#7

Post by zaphar » Thu, Dec 09, 2021, 7:14 PM UTC

Software dev salaries are going up quite a bit. And when I was 17 I probably had enough experience doing software dev to justify getting hired. It's even easier today to get relevant experience at that age. I don't really see it as all that surprising.