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it's surprising that java is mentioned to be "in demand", however, no Java certifications seem to be in demand. Being a enterprise j2ee developer for about 5 years now, I was thinking about finally getting my certification....but now..maybe not.
(It's not loading on my phone, but) What makes it very difficult to compare jobs is the actual hours worked. My last job had great hours, but I had friends who earned maybe 1.4x my salary, but often worked double the hours. I'm not talking about the effective hourly wage here, rather money per unit leisure time . If you offered me an extra few grand per year, but every week night I'd get home completely exhausted at…
Most employers are still too concerned with how much time you spend in their office, and not enough on output. Given the right kind of work, I can output a typical 50 hour week in 30 hours. In fact, given that opportunity, the motivation is built in.
In many cases, employers use these guides to gauge what they will tell you what "market rate" is, and a lot of shady employers will stiff everyone in the company. They might even tell you that you are at the high end of the pay scale at the company, which might be true since they're stiffing everyone.
Just don't use this as true self worth indicators, as chances are your category is likely lowballed.
How much less should someone make if 'Junior' is prepended to their title?
This is US-only data; bit of a shame when the domain is earthweb.com.
A quick back-of-the-envelope calculation convinces me that it should be roughly applicable to western Europe. Example : US$100000 convert to 72000 € Depending upon the country, divide by 1.0 (GB) to 1.4 (France) or maybe 1.5 (Denmark) for charges, you get a somewhat realistic value.
I wish that was the case.
After seeing the variance by region, it makes me very curious about the % adjustment for telecommuting-only jobs. I'm at the low end of the scale (and about $30k underpaid if you adjust for location and skills), but I work from home on the opposite side of the country from my employer.
30k underpaid for your location or the location of the employer? If it is for the location of the employer, then you are "right-sourced" and being paid "fairly". Honestly, i think telecommuting-only jobs make such a minority of jobs that gathering real data on their pay would be difficult.
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A quick back-of-the-envelope calculation convinces me that it should be roughly applicable to western Europe. Example : US$100000 convert to 72000 € Depending upon the country, divide by 1.0 (GB) to 1.4 (France) or maybe 1.5 (Denmark) for charges, you get a somewhat realistic value.
> divide by 1.0 (GB) I wish that was the case.
(It's not loading on my phone, but) What makes it very difficult to compare jobs is the actual hours worked. My last job had great hours, but I had friends who earned maybe 1.4x my salary, but often worked double the hours. I'm not talking about the effective hourly wage here, rather money per unit leisure time . If you offered me an extra few grand per year, but every week night I'd get home completely exhausted at…