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Re: Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

#141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

startups generally do not use .NET

False. Maybe YCombinator/Hacker News startups rarely use .NET, but have you heard of Microsoft's BizSpark program? .NET is really popular with startups internationally as well as in middle USA.

Azure works with plenty of open source technologies. Just because a stack is hosted in Azure, doesn't mean it's inherently a .NET stack

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post #78

Apparently the only types of developers are front end, back end, 'full stack', mobile, desktop, and game. I don't fit any of those. And only three locations available in the US? How is this useful? I suppose this tool is awesome if you're a web or mobile dev in Seattle, SF, or NY.

I do embedded, image processing, some CV, and general systems level stuff in biotech. I can do web dev as needed, but none of the options in that list describe what I do.

Edit: I have no idea why this got attached to my comment and I am unable to comment to @catacombs

Re: Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

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post #78

Apparently the only types of developers are front end, back end, 'full stack', mobile, desktop, and game. I don't fit any of those. And only three locations available in the US? How is this useful? I suppose this tool is awesome if you're a web or mobile dev in Seattle, SF, or NY.

>Apparently the only types of developers are front end, back end, 'full stack', mobile, desktop, and game. I don't fit any of those. Do you build houses then? ;)

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Re: Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

#144
post #78

Apparently the only types of developers are front end, back end, 'full stack', mobile, desktop, and game. I don't fit any of those. And only three locations available in the US? How is this useful? I suppose this tool is awesome if you're a web or mobile dev in Seattle, SF, or NY.

>Apparently the only types of developers are front end, back end, 'full stack', mobile, desktop, and game. I don't fit any of those. Do you build houses then? ;)

I do embedded, image processing, some CV, and general systems level stuff in biotech. I can do desktop and web dev as needed, but it's not my focus, and none of the options in that list describe a position I would apply for.

[Adding this text to test if I can post as long as I don't post the same exact text in my seemingly haunted, un-deletable comment attached to my OP.]

Edit: It worked!

Re: Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

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post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Apparently the only types of developers are front end, back end, 'full stack', mobile, desktop, and game. I don't fit any of those. Do you build houses then? ;)

Systems? Embedded, drivers, OS, microcontroller, etc. Is it that rare to be a "close to the metal" developer? Or is that where people draw the line between developer and "engineer"?

It's not, we just don't post on SO often because there's about a 0% chance our questions will get a response :)

Re: Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

#146
post #33

Why does SO seem to completely omit "backend engineers". I don't work on web stuff, I write network applications/cloud services. There are a lot of folks similar doing that at amazom, google, etc. Does this seem like a huge oversight to anyone else?

Because this comes from the SO survey, and 99% of SO users (made up number) are IT type web devs. Same boat for me in systems and imaging applications. Any issue I hit would never get a response on SO, so I tend not to answer the survey requests.

Re: Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

#147
post #40
post #33

Why does SO seem to completely omit "backend engineers". I don't work on web stuff, I write network applications/cloud services. There are a lot of folks similar doing that at amazom, google, etc. Does this seem like a huge oversight to anyone else?

So Backend dev

I'm assuming the parent isn't writing yet-another-REST-API-data-layer in his/her day-to-day. Sounds to me like they work services the services those back end devs use to make their services go.

Re: Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

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post #84

Lol... My base salary at a startup is 50% more than the 75th percentile for Seattle. Also, coffeescript is listed as a distinct technology? Makes no sense to me.

Yeah, also machine learning cannot be added in the skills section. Not sure what happened here. Stack Overflow generally puts out better analysis and posts.

Their data comes from their dev survey. Not scientific and biased toward to the typical SO crowd.

Re: Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

#149

Wow apparently i’m underpaid. I make $63k as a full stack .NET web developer in Knoxville, Tennessee. I have always dreamed of moving to Seattle and joining a startup. How can I make that dream a reality? I’ve tried applying to a bunch of places and got nothing but rejections.

startups generally do not use .NET

They do in Seattle. The majority of the Seattle tech scene uses Microsoft, and Microsoft is still considered "cool" there.

Re: Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

#150

Wow apparently i’m underpaid. I make $63k as a full stack .NET web developer in Knoxville, Tennessee. I have always dreamed of moving to Seattle and joining a startup. How can I make that dream a reality? I’ve tried applying to a bunch of places and got nothing but rejections.

Move here. Once you're local you'll start getting calls.
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