Programmers!
By Saiyan25
@Saiyan25 (86)
Canada
September 16, 2008 7:12pm CST
I'm planning on becoming a programmer myself and I'd just like and idea of how much they get paid? And how about people that program games, do they get paid a lot? I'm considering doing that and it'd be nice if there were some people if I'd be able to get some advice.
Some people also tell me there's not many jobs if you go into computer programming while others say there's plenty. What do you guys think? One of my teachers also told me that you can't get a job as a programmer in North America (or it's very hard to get one since a lot of programming stuff is done in China, Japan, etc.).
Any opinions?
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3 responses
@migsmartinez (1293)
• Philippines
17 Sep 08
Well, I'm currently working as a programmer in the Philippines. I just graduated from college last March 2008 and as a fresh grad, I'm getting paid quite high compared to the other fresh grads in my batch. There are a lot of jobs available and there are lots of companies looking for programmers. I'm not sure how much a game programmer gets. If I'm not mistaken, there are still a lot of job opportunities in North America, you just have to look.
@Saiyan25 (86)
• Canada
17 Sep 08
I see. Well that's cool. I know it's kind of personal asking how much you get paid but if you don't want to tell could you tell me a rough estimate how much a fresh grad would get as a programmer, approx.? I'm really interested in becoming something to do with programming.
Btw., what kind of company do you work for and what are your tasks?
@migsmartinez (1293)
• Philippines
17 Sep 08
We are a program outsourcing company. I do a lot of programming for the company. Mostly data access stuff. The range for a fresh graduate here in the Philippines is around 20,000 - 30,000 Philippine Pesos a month. That's around $400-$600. If you go to other countries, the pay is actually much higher.
@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
17 Sep 08
Game programmers earn a lot, however, it's not that easy to get the job. You don't become a game programmer right out of college. You have to undergo professional training - that means aside from what you learn in school, you have to train when you get into the industry. I have a coworker that wants to become a game developer someday, however his first job (the one he has right now) is working with windows forms applications. He said it's close enough.
And they do get programmers from the Philippines. Our company for example is an outsourcing company - we do the system, then the Europeans use it.
