My Computer Programmer Salary History Part 2

In this video I share my story of how much I got paid as a computer programmer straight out of university in addition to my salary and employment history as time went on.

If you've ever wondering about how much an app developer makes or the salary of a computer science grad then I hope you enjoy this video.

I live in Toronto, Canada so these salary numbers have to be taken into context with average cost of living and salaries for software developers in this city.

I've worked C#, .NET, WPF, MS Surface, Silverlight, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Adobe Flex, Windows Phone 7 and finally iOS.

It's been quite a journey and in the process, I've quit 3 times to try to start my own business. At some points, I was making about $18,000 a year while on my own.

Key takeaways:
- Know what you're worth by keeping a pulse on the current job market
- Don't give up on your dreams and understand that you might get there in a way you didn't expect


_________________
FREE RESOURCES (download links)

Get a customized roadmap for your app and start building it in 7 days:





_________________
FUNDAMENTALS COURSE


_________________
CONNECT WITH ME

For more tutorials on how to build iPhone apps, make sure you join and visit my site where you'll find a community of like minded learners! Learning something new is always more fun with other people!

_________________
FOLLOW ME

Twitter ► @CodeWithChris
Instagram ► @CodeWithChris

_________________
ABOUT ME

Hi I’m Chris! I’m dedicated to teaching fundamentals about how to make an app. This is important if you’re trying to land an iOS job, be a freelancer, increase or start a business with an app idea. On the site, you'll find a ton of free resources and tutorials to aid you on your journey to learn iOS development. Many people have successfully picked up Swift 4, Xcode 9 and app building from my course and materials!

Here's just a sample of the success stories my students have sent in:

Intro & Outro music

#iOS #Programmer #Salary

[jacobboudreau]

Very good story teller. Very inspiring for people interested in computer programming.

[Fuddifadu]

Great journey chris... talking about the memory management... can you do a detailed video how to find memory leaks using instruments in code :)

[RyanTLX]

Hi Chris, I'm enjoying this series of videos where you talk about your journey. It is very motivational. Just wondering, when clients (that big Canadian broadcasting company in this case) engage you or your firm and you have to learn something new on the job, what was it like? Do you like tell the client that this is the first kind of project that you're doing, or you allocate more time for the completion of the project etc? What was the deciding factor for you or your company to know whether to take on this task or not?

[cristianreyes]

i like this but could you give us the timeline after graduating? when you began making 70000 at company c, how many years after graduating was that?

[kasrababaei]

Which city do you think offers more jobs for iOS developers?

[sgangsta]

Great video but How can you get Facebook, Twitter and Instagram videos or media to third party app?

[harshsparikh]

People like Chris are angels sent by god...coz' he was working in the company "C" with his whole heart out as if it was his company knowing that he was only going to get 3% of the profits! #much respect Chris 🙌

[joshualot]

sir how did you start as a programmer or find a job after you graduated from college? and what are these programming languages as skills in entering the programming job? because im interested to be a programmer one day the same as what you did :) im inspired by your story sir. hope you help me thanks! i'll wait for your reply soon :)

[TheKwattK]

How did you learn C++? Do you have any recommendations for beginners?

[maurosgarage]

I thought you would say... " I was going to take 2 weeks off"... you said 2 months .. WOW! is that normal for people to just take 2 months off work? That is a lot of time. I need 2 more years to graduate from university and I hope at one point in my life I make more than 70K a year. That is honestly my career goals, I am not a big "money" person. I cannot wait to graduate and start my first job as a computer information systems.

[MindBat]

Moral of the story is... It pays to get an education in a field that's in high demand. The great pay and growth potential are pretty much guaranteed.