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I'm an extreme outlier. No degree. Started coding as a child. Dropped out of college. United States (not in SV).

2000-2002 - 25k hardware technician / repair

2003-2005 - 45k web developer

2006 70k - biometrics/vision developer

2007 - 100k - 'Enterprise' developer

2008 - 105k

2010 - 120k

2011 - 190k - F500 developer (base+bonus)

2012 - 200k

2013 - 215k

2014 - 220k

2015 - 225k

2016 - 160k - restart in another field (passion)

2017 - 180k - try yet another passion field

2018 - 280k - (base) returned to enterprise-y work



> 2018 - 280k

Well done. When I hear "enterprise", I'm assuming C#/Java?


Thanks. Yes indeed, C# with a dash of cloud/big data.




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