How Much Money Do Software Engineers Make?

Why I have avoided this question in the past, in rant form

[dominicchiampi]

"I graduated with a lot of debt I needED to pay off."

That's how much software engineers make.

[machoexclie]

Moral of the story:
The amount of money is relative to where you work and the city it is in

[hwilliampolenz]

look man I just want to make a billion dollars, OK? Don't talk to me about my life points and validation - I'll get a therapist and everything will be fine. Yup. Just

[Salehalanazi-]

You do you Jarvis, Comedy or whatever direction you're going i'm here for you tbh, came for tech stayed for your personality

[antonio_]

I think you should talk about the cost of living in Silicon Valley, its outrageous and only getting worse :(

[killjaqular]

The algorithm doesn't care, but you do Jarvis, you do.
I will always comment and like your videos.
You are transparent and well put together, a real breath of fresh air.

I agree that asking how much X profession makes shouldn't be the driving factor in deciding many things in life.
Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy the necessities to find that happiness.
We gotta be mature and find that balance.

[charlimarieTV]

Great video Jarvis! I’m always torn on talking about how much designers make for the same reason: context matters and also within design, a UX designer is likely to earn more than a print graphic designer for example. I just don’t think it’s relevant for people to know my exact salary unless they have my same level of experience, are in the exact same field, and are living in London. Totally happy to share with those people what I make! But I have a lot of beginners asking me and I think that’s just counter-productive.

[louiebabysir]

Dude, I came here for the tech videos months ago and stayed for your personality. So don't sweat shit homie. I actually really look up to you even though I'm not too too much younger, at least I assume (23). Your podcast Sad Boyz is dope too. What I'm sayin man is this: you've got depth and depth is relatable.

[Seattlefan]

I just want financial freedom, and a job where im working on my own most of the time. Also love moving around and thats why I want to be a freelancer inshallah

[boot-strapper]

I'm a software engineer. 4 years ago I started at 15 an hour. Now today I make 142k/year with a raise to 170k in the near future. My job doesnt have anything really for other perks, and this is kinda of low compared to whats possible. A big part of that is that I live in Portland Oregon.

[alexking]

I watch all the videos to the end to listen to the sweet tune. + algorithm, obviously.

[trimonmusic]

at the start you mention how you dodged the question - then spent the next 7 minutes dodging it more xD

[thestevness]

I just want to write code and if I can make just enough to pay the bills, then to me I'm a winner in life as I'm doing what I love and getting paid

[malvo]

As a software engineer working in the not Silicon Valley part of the industry, I have had people wonder why I haven't aimed for working in Silicon Valley. Why that I don't consider that to be biggest validation for my talent and the easiest way for me to make bank. But the reality is that all that glitters isn't gold.

Yeah sure Silicon Valley looks hot now, and it makes sense that it is the most attractive part of the industry as it is the youngest industry. You see people living in vibrant cities and those salaries from the perspective of living somewhere where the cost isn't so high does gives the impression that that amount of money will go as far in a city as it does where ever someone was originally from.

But there is an industry that is much larger than the Silicon Valley image. Jobs that sure aren't as flashy, with free food every day as perks. And oh no my salary is less than $100k. But hey I am able to have a job where I can have enough flexibility to work on what I want and to have time to have a personal life. I was able to buy a house and plan on paying off that mortgage within the year. And I don't live in the middle of no where either. I don't think I would be able to have that in one of the major tech hubs with a salary over $140k. There is just no way.

People have to understand what they want, what they want to grow into and if it is possible to achieve that where they want to be. A single number isn't going to help with any of that.

[robilotte]

You seem like a genuine and cool dude so honestly I will like any content coming from you

[rubabzahber]

dang this influx of quality content from software youtubers is refreshing

[TheSunnyHades]

Does the algorithm care about interactions? If so, hope this helps.

Also, definitely do more non tech stuff, as a CS student, I see a lot of fear amongst people on my course that the only thing they'll have in the future after graduating will be CS 100% of the time, and that's a scary thought, but even having a little bit of proof that you can be in the tech industry and not dedicate your life to it is a good thing.

[DonkeyKong]

i see what you're talking about.

i got into computer science because i already had a set goal in life at 11 years old!

by 20 i decided that i wanted a job that pays a lot and that there are plenty of them and that there will be plenty of them in the long term future..and it has to be in california cuz that's where i live.

BOOM computer science. I sucked at math as a highschool student, i sucked at science. but the thought of being able to afford to support my suture family with a handsome salary and have kids and go out to disneyland and travel with my future family and blablabla was the initial to push at least try these math courses and science courses.

i started from the bottom basic math on purpose so i'd have a good foundation because i new i sucked so bad at math. iwent slow on purpose, sometimes i faltered here and there and i gotta be honest, i still sucked bad, but id pass with a mix of c's b's and a's. i was genuinely excited to learn how math worked and how science worked and dam was i surprised by this whole new world!

i was excited to learn it all but my environment for learning was shit (ghetto) not support from family (they had their own problems) but in the end i was able to get into a decent 4-year university and graduate with a bachelor's of science in compute science.

now i have a family of my own and i'm learning web dev cuz i see it as the fastest way (in my area at least) to get a high paying job quickly. because of my background in cs, i feel like learning web dev wasn't hard at all, but dam is it time consuming!

anyway, that's why i click on vidoes that say "how much do software engineers make?" it motivates me to get that high paying job (after negotiations of course) and come home to my family to go out and chill and invite some friends to hang too.

i don't live to work, i work to live. wise words ppl. PEACE!

[tommilikeskeyboards]

Good video o.o I hope this comment pleases the algorithm

[therealflixarot]

I love your videos and I want to tell you why, because I think that could help you to develop your content. So I'm from germany and also very interested in computer science/software engineering, because I start now to study and work as a economic computer scientist. But in generell I like that you talk about these jobs topics and I would also like to learn more about your new job. However I like your content not only, because your are talking about such topics. I like it, because I love the cut style and espacailly your humour with the self-irony. So in future I hope you make videos in the same funny way, but not only about these job topics, but in general about your life. So mabye you could make 1 week a technic video and the next week a video about a general topic or your life and experiences. Sorry for my grammar misstakes, but I hope you could understand my comment and I will continue watching your videos. Stay yourself! Greetings from germany, Valentin