2000 Salary Software Developers Software Review 
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive. Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. Rigid union contracts constrain salaries, work schedules and promotions.
www.joelonsoftware.com
MARCH 24, 2010
Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. So all Fog Creek software engineers are ranked at one of several different levels, level 8 through level 15.
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Software By Rob
AUGUST 11, 2009
At a salaried job making $80k plus benefits your time is worth around $55/hour. And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. Even fewer can be installed in five minutes or less, even by an experienced software developer. Market Hard.
Software By Rob
JANUARY 7, 2009
I ruffled a few feathers with my recent post The Software Product Myth. The unrest surrounded my statement that making $2500/month from your software product wouldn’t allow you to quit your day job. As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). Sometimes I use Balsamiq, sometimes I code a prototype, doesn’t matter – just create something, then tell the world. I think quick, do something, then review what I’ve learned. How I can find the right investor (software)?
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