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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I don’t think there is an average
salary yet. Erlang usage in my experience here in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> is still
limited to first time projects at most companies. The language has not yet
been incorporated on a broad scale as a standard part of operations for most
companies. Therefore it depends largely on the varying business values that individual
Erlang projects present to the companies that have decided to use it. Very
senior people that are coming in to architect and provide guidance can pull in
over 6 figure equivalent contracts or even salaries, less senior people or
those that are just learning, less. My point is, that don’t count on a
salary of this or that range. Erlang should not be your bread and butter at
this point. If you are one of the few of us lucky enough to do a long full time
Erlang stint then good for you – but have a backup and base your salary
expectations of other factors besides what other Erlang programmers have
managed to make. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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erlang-questions-bounces@erlang.org
[mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@erlang.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>G.S.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:23
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> erlang-questions@erlang.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [erlang-questions]
Standard modern salary for an Erlang programmer?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
What's a standard, good average salary for the Erlang programmer with a few
years of experience, based in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>?<br>
Java is 70-90k, and I read online that since us Erlangers, being a less known,
and essential for writing software that scales, and will scale into the future,
is much higher. I seem to find various blogs that state the salary in 2008 was
anywhere from 99k to 180k. <br>
<br>
Can anyone throw a few numbers at me that are currently working in the industry
using Erlang?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
-Gene<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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