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by schreck.ryan

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I have been in this position for 4 months now and I am making 41,265 starting as starting salary, my company has excellent benefits such as PTO, Medical, Dental, etc. so I am wondering what is the industry average, my skills are in SQl/ PL/SQL, and I developing my skills in Oracle Retek (RMS), I will also be doing some java stuff and projects related to Oracle Business Intelligence.
I have a year on the help desk and I graduated with a degree in computer science from UTD in 2005.

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by maniacman

such as the cost of living in the immediate area where you are seeking work, your level of work experience (forget all the college degree bullsh!t and certifications because they're irrelevant in regards to work experience) and what other job accomplishments you have achieved. Don't waste your time on sites like salary.com because like I said, those figures don't reflect geography, cost of living, and other things like professional experiences. Some firms pay more, some pay less, some have absurdly high year end bonuses, and some give you a stupid clock as a show of recognition.

by cg it

least it's better than your office toilet papered

by maniacman

so they decided to replace me with multiple junior level fresh out of college inexperienced kids who knew nothing and needed tons of training to accomplish what I could. This was supposed to be a "budget cut" decision on their part, so where and how are they saving money by hiring inexperienced college grads who needs to be trained? Some managerial decisions defy all sense of logic if you ask me.

by tony hopkinson

Skills you have but they don't need aren't going to be paid for, same with experience, and expertise.

Then there's location, then there's how business critical...

If you are gaining skills and experience and you aren't doing some enormous commute, getting harrassed or some such, stick with it.
Short of a substantial relocate or some such you are not going to get that much more money.
You start hopping about in frenetic search for greener pastures, and future employers will throw your resume in the bin.
Your salary at that point will be zero.

By the way 41,265 whats?

by schreck.ryan

my work environment is pretty laid back and this company is part of the DOD so the job security is really good, I mean I cant complain about that, I am just tyring to get a perspective on what other application developers make and there is a lot of room for advancement here.

by tony hopkinson

I do a five hour round trip for a better a salary.
In some ways the job is actually easier though, than my previous one which was a mile away...

If I went down London way, I could probably double my salary, and my cost of living...

My best salary was working abroad during the boom, and without doubt the easiest job I've ever had.

Are you getting paid enough to live on, are you building your career.
Those are the important things, salaries are all over the place.

I took a pay cut in my last move, to get my career going again, think long term.
As long as you are on more when you retire than you were when you started, you are a success.

by dr dij

Not all companies will pay what you're worth. Some only pay what they need to get you to work there.

computerworld and globalknowledge both have salary surveys but if you are new, and many other factors as mentioned previously modify this.

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