Salary for Sr. Java Engineer

[kev374]

I know there are many IT people here so I thought I’d ask this question. For a Sr. Java Engineer with over a decade of experience working with technologies like Spring, Hibernate, AJAX etc. etc. in the Orange County area, is listing a salary expectation in the range $115-120k/yr too outrageous? I checked salary.com and it lists the median without bonuses at $110k/yr and I know that one has to ask at least 10% more.

[KSMountain]

The guess I made myself before opening and reading the initial post was $105k. I’m in the San Diego area.

So no, it doesn’t sound too outrageous to me, although you might use the term “overall compensation package” as opposed to pure salary.

Who knows though, it seems like there’s a “perceived value” phenomenon – the more you have the gall to ask for, the more qualified folks assume you to be. Weird.

[KSMountain]

The guess I made myself before opening and reading the initial post was $105k. I’m in the San Diego area.

So no, it doesn’t sound too outrageous to me, although you might use the term “overall compensation package” as opposed to pure salary.

Who knows though, it seems like there’s a “perceived value” phenomenon – the more you have the gall to ask for, the more qualified folks assume you to be. Weird.

[KSMountain]

The guess I made myself before opening and reading the initial post was $105k. I’m in the San Diego area.

So no, it doesn’t sound too outrageous to me, although you might use the term “overall compensation package” as opposed to pure salary.

Who knows though, it seems like there’s a “perceived value” phenomenon – the more you have the gall to ask for, the more qualified folks assume you to be. Weird.

[KSMountain]

The guess I made myself before opening and reading the initial post was $105k. I’m in the San Diego area.

So no, it doesn’t sound too outrageous to me, although you might use the term “overall compensation package” as opposed to pure salary.

Who knows though, it seems like there’s a “perceived value” phenomenon – the more you have the gall to ask for, the more qualified folks assume you to be. Weird.

[KSMountain]

The guess I made myself before opening and reading the initial post was $105k. I’m in the San Diego area.

So no, it doesn’t sound too outrageous to me, although you might use the term “overall compensation package” as opposed to pure salary.

Who knows though, it seems like there’s a “perceived value” phenomenon – the more you have the gall to ask for, the more qualified folks assume you to be. Weird.

[Coronita]

Imho it’s low for Orange country.

Let’s just say equivalent here in san diego two years ago was about $125, excluding a 20%-25% bonus annual that was almost yearly guarenteed. That’s how much someone I was managing was getting comped.Then again, I think it’s the economy.

It depends on how many years and experience. The person has about 10yrs.

Now, if this is a defense company, it will be about 10-15% lower, and probably a marginal bonus…Let’s just say that when I was a smaller architect role, my comps were more than some directors were at a defense company. Defense pay stinks, even at the C level.

People still use spring/hibernate/ejb3/jboss?

[Coronita]

Imho it’s low for Orange country.

Let’s just say equivalent here in san diego two years ago was about $125, excluding a 20%-25% bonus annual that was almost yearly guarenteed. That’s how much someone I was managing was getting comped.Then again, I think it’s the economy.

It depends on how many years and experience. The person has about 10yrs.

Now, if this is a defense company, it will be about 10-15% lower, and probably a marginal bonus…Let’s just say that when I was a smaller architect role, my comps were more than some directors were at a defense company. Defense pay stinks, even at the C level.

People still use spring/hibernate/ejb3/jboss?

[Coronita]

Imho it’s low for Orange country.

Let’s just say equivalent here in san diego two years ago was about $125, excluding a 20%-25% bonus annual that was almost yearly guarenteed. That’s how much someone I was managing was getting comped.Then again, I think it’s the economy.

It depends on how many years and experience. The person has about 10yrs.

Now, if this is a defense company, it will be about 10-15% lower, and probably a marginal bonus…Let’s just say that when I was a smaller architect role, my comps were more than some directors were at a defense company. Defense pay stinks, even at the C level.

People still use spring/hibernate/ejb3/jboss?

[Coronita]

Imho it’s low for Orange country.

Let’s just say equivalent here in san diego two years ago was about $125, excluding a 20%-25% bonus annual that was almost yearly guarenteed. That’s how much someone I was managing was getting comped.Then again, I think it’s the economy.

It depends on how many years and experience. The person has about 10yrs.

Now, if this is a defense company, it will be about 10-15% lower, and probably a marginal bonus…Let’s just say that when I was a smaller architect role, my comps were more than some directors were at a defense company. Defense pay stinks, even at the C level.

People still use spring/hibernate/ejb3/jboss?

[Coronita]

Imho it’s low for Orange country.

Let’s just say equivalent here in san diego two years ago was about $125, excluding a 20%-25% bonus annual that was almost yearly guarenteed. That’s how much someone I was managing was getting comped.Then again, I think it’s the economy.

It depends on how many years and experience. The person has about 10yrs.

Now, if this is a defense company, it will be about 10-15% lower, and probably a marginal bonus…Let’s just say that when I was a smaller architect role, my comps were more than some directors were at a defense company. Defense pay stinks, even at the C level.

People still use spring/hibernate/ejb3/jboss?

[fun4vnay2]

$120K for a 10 year experienced Java programmer is absolute fine. This is coming from a person with similar background.

[fun4vnay2]

$120K for a 10 year experienced Java programmer is absolute fine. This is coming from a person with similar background.

[fun4vnay2]

$120K for a 10 year experienced Java programmer is absolute fine. This is coming from a person with similar background.

[fun4vnay2]

$120K for a 10 year experienced Java programmer is absolute fine. This is coming from a person with similar background.

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