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Web Dev Pay Scale

  • 17-06-2006 12:13am
    #1
    trisha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭


    Hey,

    Im recently finished an honours degree in computing and want to get into web development. I have little experience aside from what i did in college and am wondering what kind of starting wage i should expect? I was thinking 25,000....

    Anybody got any info for me?


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  • #2
    DOLEMAN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 850 ✭✭✭DOLEMAN


    Less than 25k... You first job is all about getting experience really!


  • #3
    chump
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭chump


    You'll be lucky if you get a job in that sector straight out of college, partic. if you expect 25k... :D :eek: :D


  • #4
    damnyanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    All depends on where you work. If its Web Dev as in something like J2EE programming or .Net you could probably get that at a larger company.

    If you are looking to go into a design company you probably won't get anything like that.


  • #5
    trisha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭trisha


    yeah, ive been offered a job starting at 20,000 but i think thats well cheap. Just dont want to get exploited because I'm fresh out of college....


  • #6
    Skyclad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 392 ✭✭Skyclad


    Where is it? 20 is a bit low no matter what, but 20 in Dublin is very different to 20 in a smaller town. One thing is that once you go in at 20 and hang on there for a year, things will open up significantly. You have a much better long term earning potential if you take 20 for a year doing programming than starting off at 25 doing tech support.

    If you think you can get something better quickly then go for it, but remember you can always take 20 while you are looking for something different right from the start - it is better than being unemployed. Odds are your second job will be much closer to 30 once you find it with a bit of experience, and at 20 your not going to be particularly attached to the company to begin with.

    Dave


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  • #7
    trisha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭trisha


    hey, thanks for that!

    Yeah its in dublin, have negociated up to 23,000 so I'm happy with that. It being my first step on the ladder and all that


  • #8
    chump
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭chump


    Congrats - not a bad starting salary straight out of college for a fairly general degree. Know lots of people who having completed similar degrees struggled to find suitable employment.


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