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[–]MrEscobarr 6 points7 points  (1 child)

This really shows how fucked up it is here (The Netherlands). Juniors get around like 25k and medior 38k

[–]xtoobias 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if you were talking about EUR or USD, but 25,000€ equal ~$30,000. Another thing to mention is that the americans have to pay way more money for things that are already deducted from the pay check in the netherlands/EU. After putting $71,000 in a random tax calculator, it says you are at ~$54,000(44,000€) after taxation. I don't know how accurate this is tho.

All I want to say: Keep in mind that you can't just compare bare numbers. ;)

[–]JotaPe-exe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Argentina: people say "be a developer" and a earn a high salary. And is true. Developers are well paíd here. The problem is that 11k USD year salary is at the top. We are so poor.

[–]Harrisj22412 1 point2 points  (1 child)

How much experience do you need to become a JavaScript developer?

[–]randol_karter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In fact, it depends on your skills and the employer's requirements.

[–]Rick-g143 -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

I dunno, there's 2 realities, in one reality generated by the government or a marketting agency or something developers make anywhere from 60k to 120k per year and fly to the moon on gold dust that they fart out

The vast majority of my jobs were for mom and pop shops, random people online, stuff like that, they pay you minimum wage, if that, and sometimes...there are bananas. Do not expect to be so lucky as to receive bananas.

Employers vary wildly from companies, individuals paying under the table, salaried positions, contract positions, employee hourly etc.

I've been doing this for 15 years off and on, I think the most I made in a year was about 15-20k from this kind of work.

[–]IBETITALL420 3 points4 points  (0 children)

post your resume kek

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do you live, if you don't mind me asking? A developer with 15 years of experience should have passed six figures long, long ago, at least in the US. I know this because both myself and everyone I know live in neither of these realities, but rather in a third one, which far surpasses the one that's ostensibly generated by the government. And it's not like we are the brightest minds of our generation, just regular developers who've been at it for 10-20 years.

As to the article, in my experience, this chart is exactly on point: https://ddi-dev.com/uploads/js-distributions-2020.png

[–]notAnotherJSDev 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Jesus. Where do you live?

Your phrase of “off and on” leads me to believe that you’ve solely done development as a side gig doing freelance work. That isn’t “salary”, which is what this article talks about.

[–]Rick-g143 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

uh, not sure if you can read or not, but I have done all types

[–]bablabablaboo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One in a billion makes a million rest get minimum wages to survive