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Ask HN: Salary per programmin glanguage?

1 pointsby shirealmost 10 years ago
What's the salary for programming languages nowadays (2015) meaning, Python, JS or Ruby and why

2 comments

smt88almost 10 years ago
Most data you find on this will be very unreliable. Also, what is &quot;JS&quot;? Frontend? Backend?<p>If there even are answers to this question, they&#x27;re not going to be good enough to base any decisions on.<p>Also, you left some of the most popular language: Java, C, C++, C#, PHP, etc. Python and Ruby are still niche languages compared to Java and C-family languages.
tomeglennalmost 10 years ago
This is a very open question... you won&#x27;t get much use from the responses unless you specify what it is you&#x27;re trying to establish.<p>Are you interested in getting into programming but want to know which one will earn you the most money? Again, that&#x27;s not a straight forward question.<p>Programming comes in tons of different forms... e.g. Desktop apps, mobile apps, games, simulations, algorithms, data manipulation, data analysis etc etc.<p>I would advise that you pickup a decent entry level programming language like C# or Java. Once you know the fundamentals you will quite easily be able to transfer your skills to other languages...<p>Don&#x27;t pick a language &quot;because it makes the most money&quot;.<p>On a related note, but not strictly in response to your question, there is a high demand for software developers currently and I foresee this continuing for a long time. It is a great industry to be in if you are concerned about job security.<p>Hope this helps...