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Visual Basic Programmer's Journal Salary Survey released...
John Smiley
10.05.2000
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Visual Basic Programmer's Journal Salary Survey released...
In my opinion, the best Visual Basic publication is the Visual Basic
Programmer's Journal. I recommend it highly to my Visual Basic students
as a source of great information on Visual Basic development. According
to the latest figures released from Magazine Retailer, the Visual Basic
Programmer's Journal has the highest paid circulation sales numbers,
and is the largest paid magazine in the world devoted to Windows
development. Because of this, I place a lot of trust in their semi-
annual salary survey. You can view the autumn version yourself at:
http://careerlink.devx.com/articles/ss0900/ss0900-1.asp
According to the this latest Survey, Visual Basic developers earn an
average base salary of $65,500 per year. It should be noted that the
survey factors in extra pay such as bonuses and profit sharing, raising
that average to $75,500 in total compensation.
Some highlights of the survey:
-Developers in San Francisco and New York earn much more than the
average compensation--but bear in mind that the cost of living is much
higher there.
-Experience pays off. The average salary for developers with less than
one year's experience is $43,140--for developers with 6-8 year's
experience it is $74,539. That's quite a difference, but if you've been
reading my previous tips, this shouldn't surprise you.
-Microsoft Certifications are beginning to carry some weight--Microsoft
Certified Professionals (MCP's) and Microsoft Certified Solutions
Developers (MCSD's) made substantially more than those without a
Certification. Definitely something to consider!
-VB skills alone are fine and will pay well--but those developers who
marry their VB skills with another hot technology such as Java or XML
do much better. In fact, VB Developers who know XML earn about $10,000
more than the average Visual Basic developer.
-Not surprisingly (to me anyway), at the top of the pay scale are
Independent Consultants. Independent Consulting will be one of several
recurring themes of my tips.
In case you're wondering how VB stacks up against Java, here is a link
to a first-ever Java Salary Survey by the publishers of Visual Basic
Programmer's Journal.
http://careerlink.devx.com/articles/ss0600/ss0600-1.asp
I think the results will bear out what I tell my students--learn Visual
Basic, then turn your attention to Java as a second language (and based
on the salary survey, it looks like you should add XML to that mix
also).
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Written by John Smiley, MCP, MCSD and MCT, author, and adjunct
professor of Computer Science at Penn State University in Abington,
Philadelphia University, and Holy Family College. John has been
teaching computer programming for nearly 20 years.
John Smiley is president of Smiley and Associates,
http://www.johnsmiley.com/smass/smass.htm a computer consulting firm
located in New Jersey.
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