Hi guys. What's life like as a technically competent programmer in your country?

Over here, programmer is the lowest life form. Everyone despises the programmer, from the sales to the users. The consultants are people who normally are poor in actual programming, but good at talking and sales, and they rose up to be a consultant.

Here, a programmer works from 8:30am to 9pm everyday rushing projects. Pay increments are low, and can expected to be laid off by 35 yrs old, once u are considered technologically backward.

How's life of a programmer in your country?




This post has been edited by microscopic^earthling: Nov 13 2005, 03:25 AM

Well... how about telling us what country you are from?

Well in Pakistan programmers arent that bad ...but i guess its just outsourcing ...western people coming in getting their projects done preety cheap. In the end big money is in busniess and consulatancy for technically sound people....so start learning stuff like project management ..and get good atr speaking and marketing...if u deal with computers , hardware its less money ..if u deal with people and money directly ..it more money

Well here in Lithuania, I don't know any serious programmers or a company which develops a lot, but there is and the money is not so bad, eventually the best programmers find their future in foreign countries by leaving Lithuania, because they pay more money there, joining projects, also there are a lot of programmers which work for their hobby or free time by having other paid job, etc. Nothing special.

In Holland I think programmer is quite a good job. A big part of my family is doing something with computers and there are also some programmers amongst them. They got all paid very well, and so are the other programmers here I think. That's why I want to become a programmer as well

-=jeroen=-

The U.S., I would say is built by programmers. Although alot of them are looked at as bad. I am one of the people that most Americans would say is a bad kind of programmer, since I design computer games that their children would want them to buy for presents. And then become 'morraly corrupt' after playing them. Because you and I know people's attitudes are decided by what games they play.

Here, in Vietnam. Programmers earn lots of money. They love their work. Most programmers were born in high-income family. Many people study Information Technology but few have a job.

Programmer seems to be the best job here, high creative, high income....

here in bogotá is an excelent job, actually working at my college 4 hours each day,and my salary is pretty good compared with the normal people,i earn 2x the salary and work the half, so this profession is really good, and if this is the beginning i can't imagine what the future holds for me,i hope to travel all the world arround while coding and rocking!

Here in Toronto, Canada, computer programming is just another job, like a doctor, lawyer, whatever. It's just another way to make money. I won't say that it's so good that it's like the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) or something.

xboxrulz

Well in India, its a dream career!
two things are at an all time high, Call centres and Software Engineers. Salary hikes are the highest in Asia as per Forbes, so no doubt, being a Software engineer makes your family proud of you.

And hell! you guys wont believe, when I took Computer Science as my stream in engineering in 2002, each and every damn person went about saying... "There is no scope kid.. y did u take this field?" be it the librarian or a passenger in a flight.

And four years down the line when i am selected in Wipro, i want them to ask me the same question :-)