| 75k in NY for an inexperienced developer isn't all that high. My first full time tech gig was for 37.5k at a shady-as-hell direct marketing company. HTML and CSS, a very little bit of javascript for form validation that I learned at my desk. They let me go about eight months in (thank god). I failed a phone interview with NYT because I didn't know edge side includes. I was devastated. Prepared to move back in with my dad with hat in hand, the literal prodigal son. I passed a phone interview a week later with an ad company. After a three hour on-site interview, they offered me a job on the spot as a front-end developer - at 70k/year. This was in '07. I would definitely say that I qualified as inexperienced. I knew enough CSS to take just about any design and slice it into something that worked, and I knew enough HTML to lay it out. I knew a smattering of JS, but the language frustrated me. I had probably about a sophomore level understanding of computer science. I was an academic failure and community college dropout. They took a huge gamble on me. (edit: since this is getting a couple upvotes, PSA: I was undiagnosed/treated ADHD until I was nearly 30. If you think you might have it, talk to a professional. I thought I was strong enough to cope without help, and I was wrong) I came out of that job knowing ASP.net, some C#, and a lot more Javascript. But 75k for an inexperienced developer in NYC? Not that high at all. I was probably making only a little more than half of what the other developers on the team were. But damn it felt good to have a career. |