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If you’re in the tech field, you’re probably used to high-than-average salaries. But depending on your boss, the location of your job and other factors you may or may not be used to better-than-average job satisfaction.
Looking at Glassdoor’s recent 50 Best Jobs in America tally, the folks over at Business Insider culled the findings to hone in specifically on the 20 best tech jobs.
The interesting thing about this list is that not all the jobs have to actually be at tech companies. All kinds of different businesses have a need for people to develop and maintain apps and websites, sift through troves of Big Data to deliver new business insights and to do things we probably can’t even imagine because the processes or technology hasn’t been invented yet!
The following jobs — all of them vetted for earning potential (median annual base salary), job satisfaction rating, and number of job openings — were deemed to be the best of the best.
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20. Scrum master
19. Network administrator
18. User interface (UI) developer
17. Php developer
16. Data architect
15. IT manager
14. Business intelligence developer
13. UI designer
12. Product manager
11. Technical account manager
10. Systems administrator
9. Mobile developer
8. Quality assurance manager
7. Software engineer
6. Solutions architect
5. User experience (UX) designer
4. Database administrator
3. Data engineer
2. Software development and information technology operations (DevOps) engineer
1. Data scientist
We all hear about the importance of STEM learning and how it will shape the jobs of the future. If you want in on that action, there are plenty of opportunities out there that you can take advantage of.
Codecademy.com offers free courses in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, Python, Ruby and API. With the knowledge you get here, you can build programs, games, websites and apps.
KhanAcademy.org is another great site that has interactive video tutorials on HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL and more.
Other similar sites you may want to check out include CodeSchool.com where you can learn programming via select free courses or access all their content for $29 a month. Lynda.com, meanwhile, offers a free 10-day trial and after that full access is $25 a month.
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This post was last modified on March 22, 2017 4:44 pm
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