{"id":37032,"date":"2020-09-03T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/?p=37032"},"modified":"2023-02-13T01:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T06:18:41","slug":"underpaid-as-a-programmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/underpaid-as-a-programmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Are UNDERPAID As a PROGRAMMER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I&#8217;m going to give you all my <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/career-advice-for-software-engineers\/\">secrets to a more profitable career in software<\/a>, and they&#8217;re not very secretive, but they&#8217;re going to be common sense. Ways that you can <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/raise-or-promotion-software-developers\/\">raise your salary and make a lot more money<\/a>. And there are no tricks involved here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am constantly amazed by how many programmers are underpaid. 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