DISQUS

web design company · 1 year ago

The money is extraordinary but none of these jobs sound even remotely interesting.

Christopher Rees · 1 year ago

I guess that depends on who your asking. To some people they sound like awesome jobs, to others no amount of money would make it interesting. That's what makes the world go 'round :)

androo · 1 year ago

great post..! i've always used salary.com to find out what i should ask for when it comes to raises and or if i go to get a new job i know a ballpark range of what to ask for salary wise..

dm · 1 year ago

Wow. All these positions salaries fall into perfectly shaped (and symmetrical!) gaussian distributions. Thats really really weird. This definitely warrants some kind of scientific study to find out what could possibly create such remarkable uniformity and symmetry.

Christopher Rees · 1 year ago

:) The bell curve shows the range (the percentages are the same throughout) but the actual salary amounts vary from chart to chart.. It is interesting though.

Darrin · 1 year ago

Not interesting? Most of these consist of the "I read this strategy in "Fortune", you guys go do it, I'm playing Golf today" type mentalities. I'm down with that.

Dryeice · 1 year ago

LOL, me and the 6 guys below me on the chain do all of the above on a daily basis...and the most any of us makes is 45K

Marcus · 1 year ago

Am I the only one thinking this is utter tripe especially in regards to the content/web workers? If you're talking about contract workers or some weird edge case like content managers for top 20 sites like BoingBoing.net then maaaaaybe. I'd love to be proven wrong though. The CTO/CIO/Architect stuff sounds fairly reasonable though, so who knows?

Christopher Rees · 1 year ago

Well if that's true, then either a) you work in a part of the country/world where the market just doesn't support higher salaries, b) you've undervalued yourself and your skillset, c) you're comfortable where you are and aren't looking to move on to bigger and better things.

Any which way you look at it though, if you have the skills listed in the article, and truly can function in those roles you are really undercutting yourself. There are companies willing to pay those salaries for that type of work, if you bring that level of value to the table.

K.Mikael · 1 year ago

It makes me deep and out.

very intersting.

Tesfahun Aregawy · 1 year ago

I want to see my self being one of this highly paid people at some time in the future.(student of MIT)

gaidappycix · 1 year ago

Thank you

Navin Okka · 1 year ago

As long as IT does not get Diluted with IT H1B, L1 visa folks, IT will pay decent salaries.
IT Consulting is becoming like Mexican Laborers.
Who ever works for less gets the Job.
No wonder American Companies like H1B. as they can make huge money out of these guys rather than the US citizens.

OBama or MCcain Government should tax companies heavily if they outsource to India.

Yugiro Fuma · 1 year ago

Bank Robber or Dangerous Drugs Dealer is the best job on earth.

Christopher Rees · 1 year ago

:) Except for the whole criminal, decay of society, prison thing..

DarrellK · 1 year ago

Question and Opinion. I have been in the IT field for over 23 years now. I started out as a Mainframe guy, PC Tech, Supervision, Manager for 1 year. I have bee now in local government for 8 years with the same title. (Network Systems Analyst). I have a Masters(MS) degree in MIS, a graduate certificate in Project Management and I am back in school for an MBA. What do I need to do to get into the next level? Probably elsewhere since I am stuck in my current job. Frustrated and wondering.

Christopher Rees · 1 year ago

@DarrellK, Hi Darrel thanks for the comment. I would say the biggest move you could make is to look for another job, at a higher level, at a new company. There are certainly advantages for working in the public sector (was there myself for about 8 years), including pension, etc., so it might not make sense in the long run. That's something you'll have to decide, but with PS jobs you're often locked in to a position for quite a long time, because people don't leave and/or move around as much.

So leaving for a new position with a new company may be your best move. You've got the experience, formal education, etc. I would recommend adding technical certifications if you don't have them, and getting some experience in a variety of areas if you're looking for upper management positions. Experience with various systems, budgeting, managing others, voice, security, infrastructure, vendor management, etc. You don't have to master each area, but get a good understanding of how they work and tie into each other. You'll then position yourself for upper management, CIO, CTO, CSO type positions.

Lastly, location, size of companies, willingness to travel, relocate, existing options, etc., all come into play. It's impossible to tell that here, but the bottom line is if you want something bad enough, it's there. You have to go get it.. Hope that helps, and please feel free to comment!

Pawan Sharma · 9 months ago

Its really great pleasue to go through with highly paid IT Jobs because it gives direction where should we move to touch the moooon of IT. Thanks!!!

PD · 5 months ago

This thread has some age on it, but figured why not.

A word of advice. Be cautious about pursuing a career in rapidly emerging areas of technology; don’t be drawn away by dollar signs and consider the following. Stick with roles that are consistent and steady, or that are not heavily impacted by workforce saturation.

For example, in the late 90’s I could easily earn $300 per hour doing simple HTML web sites and was in high demand. Seeing the dollar signs, the web development market became saturated with capable developers getting in on the pay day and the natural course of supply and demand killed the earning potential.

Architecture, infrastructure, managerial and executive IT roles are fairly consistent and marginal effort is required to evolve with the ever changing face of technology.

Compared to developers or system administrators who must learn completely new skill sets every few years to maintain marketability and support the company’s needs, the formerly mentioned area or roles, are far more stable and change less frequently.

Concepts, methodologies and business principles don’t change that much… technology always does.

My .02