Developer Salaries

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Which developer has the best salary?

  • C/C++

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • C#

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • Java

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Web developer (PHP/ASP/Servlets/databases)

    Votes: 4 57.1%

  • Other (please post)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    7
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Google was no help here.

What type of (desktop software) developer makes the most, by language? Do web developers typically make more than desktop software developers?

By "desktop software" I mean UI or backend code, which may run partially on a central server, but not assembly developers, OS developers, or emebedded developers.

I'm wondering because I know a number of languages, and would consider myself to be an expert at a few things, but over the next year and a half or so I'd like to hone my skills. So which skills would be most worthwhile to hone?



This can be moved to the programming forum if needed, I thought it was more appropriate here.
 
Well, the 3 big things in IT right now are SAP, AJAX, and Ruby on Rails (for rapid prototyping). AJAX proficiency is just making it big. SAP is huge, but it's not a programming language. It's demand is also starting to fall. Ruby is getting a lot of attention, but the key thing to keep in mind is that it's not an ideal solution for implementing a new system or website, but rather for quickly making a prototype to test with.
 
This may be dragging my own trhead off topic, but:

I think AJAX is just a fad. It's not conducive to writing maintainable software. Until someone has a standard set of AJAX libraries out there (like ASP.NET or Java servlets), it's pretty doomed in the large corporate world. Relatively small webapps, like Google maps, are different matter.
 
C# is where it's at in programming at the moment.

There is a lot of money in SAP implementation, so if you can get into it, it's worthwhile. However, I think that the SAP market may be reaching saturation: companies that are going to migrate have mostly done it, and those that have not done it probably are not going to.

I think that AJAX is a fad too, mainly because it's a hooky way to get around client-side restrictions.
 
GilesGuthrie
C# is where it's at in programming at the moment.
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Thats good, GG. I'll be taking a UI development class in C#/.NET 2.0 in the spring, and work the kinks out of my understanding of it.
 
.net is a good technology to learn. It's a good way for companies to implement apps on a thin client basis. They can create a SQL cluster and an IIS cluster at the datacentre and then deploy apps over IE. And users are beginning to understand this as a concept too.
 

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