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[damn]

Hey guys...

Think of this as research...

What are you guys getting for a salary every month? I think it will be interesting to see the diffences and for the type of programming that you do!

cheers! :happy:

[eddie]

A bag of chips and occasional praise.

[SpreeTree]

A lot of people (me included) will not be willing to share their salary details with random members of the board. If you really want this information, maybe you can create a little poll for ppl to fill in?

Spree

[ProgramWizard]

I get paid in letters and video games rather than in dollars ;)

[eddie]

I agree with SpreeTree.

Your salary is a contract between you and your employer. Noone else needs to know exactly *what* I make, as the wrong people knowing could make things uncomfortable.

Something anonymous, like a poll, shoudl be more than enough to get an average of people's salaries.

There are a few of these around: http://www.gamasutra...1/survey_01.htm
http://www.gamasutra...Survey_2002.pdf
etc

[dave_]

eddie said:

A bag of chips and occasional praise.

Praise? Never had that... Chips... lucky b**tard! but when I worked in a place above a Pizza restaurant we occasional got pizzas every-now-and-then.

[Goz]

eddie said:

A bag of chips and occasional praise.

I still get paid in bananas :(

Goz (PS2 Code Monkey)

[eddie]

I'm surprised VU code hasn't made you *go* bananas. :)

[TheNut]

I struck the gold mine once I started getting paid in monopoly money. I had to throw away my browns in favor of the oranges.

Oh, and I'm treated with utmost respect here. The boss never hesitates to give me a raise!

[eddie]

Just because Canadian money is colourful, doesn't make it monopoly money. :P

[monjardin]

Here's an article from Software Development. It seems less than 3% of developers work on games/multimedia. The top salaries favored service-oriented languages with Python scoring surprisingly high and C++ landing in the middle of the pack.

[bignobody]

The best perk I ever had at a job was when this Hippie I worked with would regularly come by and toss a baggie on my desk... Those were the days... :w00t:

[geon]

Here in sweden, everyones salary is avaiable as a public document. http://sv.wikipedia....eringskalendern

Of course, it is based on the salary you actually pay tax for...

[ikk]

here you go, i'm registered member anyway.
My last job:
150 EUR / month, full time job about sitting infront of computer, however not about programming.
i wish in my country salaries were publicly available, so i could at least know who is bullshittin with me here.

[Scramasax]

Here is an honest answer:
I charge 35$ to 50$ an hour, depending on the kind of work that is needed. It really depends on experience(shipped titles), how good you are, and who you know.
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[Goz]

eddie said:

I'm surprised VU code hasn't made you *go* bananas. :)

Nah VU is easy ... DMA ... now THAT is a c**t ;)

[.oisyn]

I think your question is pointless as salaries usually depend on local economics, so absolute numbers don't tell you anything. Person A in one country can make a lot more than person B in another country, while person B can actually purchase more as the expenses for living in that country are much lower.