Software Developer Remains the Best Profession in the USA

The first place in the ranking of the best professions in 2012, as in the past year , was taken by software developers (Software Engineer).

The research methodology takes into account the average salary, working conditions, level of stress, physical requirements and perspectives of the profession. Almost all of these indicators software developers received a high number of points. For the year, the average monthly salary of developers has grown from $ 6,924 to $ 7,345. Although according to this indicator, software developers are noticeably inferior to many other professions (for example, mathematicians), but they benefit in terms of the working environment and the promise of the profession.

It is separately noted that a software engineer from a startup or from a company with a start-up atmosphere has great freedom and mobility, can work on a free schedule, enjoying work. The flat hierarchy of management in such a company means that the programmer can make important engineering decisions himself and immediately implement them.

Other IT professions also ranked high in the rankings: online advertising manager (8th), computer systems analyst (9th), mathematician (10th), web developer (15th), computer programmer / coder (34th), technical writer (37th).
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The worst profession in 2012 was the lumberjack, taking away this rank from the ancillary worker.