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Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

C++ Cad application, Norway, so not from a poor country. I know I'm underpaid but didn't expect it to be that bad

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hang in there, friend! You'll make it big sooner rather than later!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How many years experience? It took me a few years before I started making a decent wage.

Definitely keep honing your skills and applying around for different jobs, and taking jobs that you can use to "leapfrog" to other, even better jobs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

6 years. I'm by no means an expert, but I'm not newbie either

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Okay that is getting up in years. I was about there when I started to get more aggressive with the salary I was asking. You could probably start on the developer I -> developer II -> senior developer career path.

Do you look at other jobs much? Do much networking? Talk to other devs about their salary? Even just grabbing a lunch with some workmates from time to time can help get you in the right mindset of recognising your worth.