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How much do you earn? (£ GBP, before tax per year)

Over £50,000
3
8%
Between £40,000 and £50,000
1
3%
Between £35,000 and £40,000
2
5%
Between £35,000 and £40,000
2
5%
Between £30,000 and £35,000
2
5%
Between £25,000 and £30,000
5
13%
Between £20,000 and £25,000
3
8%
Less than £20,000
20
53%
 
Total votes: 38

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Burrito
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Post by Burrito »

d11wtq wrote: £300 rent
£100 council tax
£50 car insurance
£200 parents (loan still paying)
£200 to 3 other creditors

Then I spend about £100/month on petrol too.... all adds up really.
Imagine adding two kids to that equation, and you have the life of a burrito.
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Post by Nathaniel »

Oh well, crap, dw11, I didn't mean to mess up your poll, but I don't program full-time and voted anyway. So substract one from "Less than 10,000."

Sorry, running on a six-hour night for the second day in a row...
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Post by John Cartwright »

Nathaniel wrote:Oh well, crap, dw11, I didn't mean to mess up your poll, but I don't program full-time and voted anyway. So substract one from "Less than 10,000."

Sorry, running on a six-hour night for the second day in a row...
d11wtq wrote:I only want people to answer this if they are programming PHP either full-time or freelance.
:wink:
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

Burrito wrote:
d11wtq wrote: £300 rent
£100 council tax
£50 car insurance
£200 parents (loan still paying)
£200 to 3 other creditors

Then I spend about £100/month on petrol too.... all adds up really.
Imagine adding two kids to that equation, and you have the life of a burrito.
Add three more kids to burrito's two, and the fact that I live in East Bay Area (you know, $1800 a month rents?), and you got a burrito eatin' everah (but only once a month 'cuz I can't afford more than that).
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Post by Nathaniel »

Jcart wrote:
d11wtq wrote:I only want people to answer this if they are programming PHP either full-time or freelance.
:wink:
Yup, but I took that to mean that I should freelance full-time. Which I don't.

What did you mean, d11wtq?
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Chris Corbyn
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

Nathaniel wrote:
Jcart wrote:
d11wtq wrote:I only want people to answer this if they are programming PHP either full-time or freelance.
:wink:
Yup, but I took that to mean that I should freelance full-time. Which I don't.

What did you mean, d11wtq?
I basically meant of programming PHP is your primary source of income. You could live on freelancing 3 days a week if you got enough money from it I guess..... I wouldn't though, not worth the hassle IMO.

I'm quite surprised how low the stats are.... I guess we get paid a little more in the UK because a good chunk comes back off as tax and the cost of living is higher anyway.
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Post by NiGHTFiRE »

d11wtq: Where do you find your custommers?
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Weirdan
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Post by Weirdan »

I'm quite surprised how low the stats are....
Did you forget we have people from all around the globe here? For example, to have the salary ~1000USD/month in Ukraine is... well above average, yet any UK coder would laugh out loud, should someone offer him to work for 12K/year.

And I mean professional full-time job, not something a student does between lecture hours and parties.
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

Weirdan wrote:
I'm quite surprised how low the stats are....
Did you forget we have people from all around the globe here? For example, to have the salary ~1000USD/month in Ukraine is... well above average, yet any UK coder would laugh out loud, should someone offer him to work for 12K/year.

And I mean professional full-time job, not something a student does between lecture hours and parties.
Yeah you're right, it's all relative :)

~NiGHTFiRE I don't find customers... I'm actually employed by the City Council here in Manchester. I do get approached a lot through this board and also via my CV online http://chriscorbyn.co.uk/ although I'm still not sure what Google keywords they are using to stumble upon that because it's not even linked to anywhere really.

You should look in the job hunt forum here every so often if you're looking for work. Rent-a-Coder and those freelance sites are a waste of time too because they just end up seeling work to developers for stupidly low amounts and it's always the same old regulars who pick up work.
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Post by SpiderMonkey »

any UK coder would laugh out loud, should someone offer him to work for 12K/year
:(

Thats what I work for, roughly. It is only a temporary job whilst I try to find a better one cockle picking.
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Post by Weirdan »

Thats what I work for, roughly
USD or GBP? =)
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Post by SpiderMonkey »

Weirdan wrote:
Thats what I work for, roughly
USD or GBP? =)
GBP, I wouldn't be able to live on 12k USD

Still, I can't help feeling theres some kid in China sewing Nikes making more than me.
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Post by Weirdan »

and I was talking about USD:
For example, to have the salary ~1000USD/month in Ukraine is...
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Post by panic! »

£23,000 ($40,000~) not bad for 20 years old, authough probably not as much as most of the full-time people on here.

d11wtq, i can't believe you pay that much rent! that's so good! I pay £340 for a really bad bedsit!
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