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In which programming language do programmers get paid the most?

6th July 2013

My answer to In which programming language do programmers get paid the most? on Quora

The best (and best paid) software engineers work in multiple languages, and pick new ones up as and when they need to. If you pigeon-hole yourself as an “X programmer” you’ll limit yourself to relatively uninteresting, interchangeable roles.