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Originally Posted by Scoopdogg
I'm a software developer as well and by the time I was 5 years into it, I was making 80k per year. Now I'm well over 100k at 9 years. I have moved around alot so that helped with the salary increases and I'm now working for one of the larger O and G players in town.
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Ditto, enterprise application development. Out of the fourteen years, only 4 have been with oil & gas. I was between 70-100 (including bonuses and OT) the first 8 years out of school. For the last five years, I've been an independent contractor/consultant at about double the previous range. Seems like I have peaked in terms of what people will pay, even though my skills and ability to complete projects successfully are still growing every year. I have worked really hard, mostly self taught, and have been extremely lucky.
Scoopdogg hit the key point - moving around a lot, always after delivering successful project(s) is key. Your network grows, you learn a lot more and negotiate higher at each new gig.