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by jasonkester 4936 days ago
Another datapoint, since you seem to be seeing only low salaries in your circle: I only know a few developers who work in London, but they all make six figures.

So while it's no doubt true that there are lots of poorly paid positions, and evidently nearly enough developers willing to fill them, there are also plenty of good jobs to be had there.
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Nursie 4936 days ago
Financial industry in the city? Otherwise London contracting rates I would guess. I know nobody approaching that level of pay that's not doing one of those things, unless they've moved into non-dev areas of the businesses they're in.

You only know a few devs, I think your sample is highly skewed.

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jasonkester 4935 days ago
You only know a few devs, I think your sample is highly skewed.

Absolutely. That's why I mentioned it.

But at least now you know what you need to call yourself if you want to make market rates in London. Those two things you mention both translate back to "computer programmer" in terms of what you actually do. They just pay four times as much.

That's a pretty good direction to have things skewed if you ask me. If I were living in London, I'd definitely be skewing my sample of jobs that way.

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Nursie 4935 days ago
Those are not market rates, they're outliers in a small market segment.

And thanks, but I've known for years and I don't want to make those rates in London because I don't (and don't want to) live there...

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