What pitfalls do programmers with a monthly salary of 30,000 avoid?

The salary of programmers varies. Some may earn 30K or 50K per month, while others may only earn 2K or 3K. Programmers with five years of work experience may earn 20K per month while others earn 5K. What factors lead to this difference? I have specially summarized nine behaviors that are likely to lead to low salary. If you avoid these pitfalls, you will be close to high salary.

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Habits with immediate rewards

He doesn't understand that only by sowing in spring can you reap in autumn. He wants to get a reward just after he has made a little effort, or even before he has made any effort. He thinks he should get a certain amount of money just after he has mastered the technology and can work while searching on Baidu. When looking for a job, he first thinks about how much money he will get. After working for a few months, he thinks about how much more money he will get. After working for a few months, if his salary does not increase, he will give up and prepare to increase his salary by changing jobs. If he does not change jobs, he will often complain about not getting a salary increase and do his work perfunctorily.

The value of a programmer is reflected by the value he brings to the company. He brings value to the company first, and then his value will be reflected in his salary. Companies are very realistic and rarely pay for your potential, giving you a high salary before you have shown your value.

In life and work, we must know how to give, and not be so eager for quick success and instant benefits, and want to get rewards immediately. There is no free lunch in the world. What you want to get, you have to pay first. Only by planting seeds, then watering, fertilizing, weeding, and killing insects, can you wait for the harvest.

Lack of enthusiasm for learning

Few positions require continuous learning like programmers. Software development technology is changing with each passing day, and each technology is often profound. It is difficult to master it without continuous and in-depth research, let alone master it. If you don't have a deep understanding of a technology and can apply it skillfully, and the level you show is just good enough to work, it is hard to say that there will be a company willing to pay a high price for "good enough". Only by standing out can you be valued.

If you have no interest in learning, mastering, and being proficient in technology, and have no desire to learn new languages, technologies, and frameworks that keep emerging, then as far as software development is concerned, you are not only unlikely to get a high salary now, but you will also not be able to get a high salary in the future. In such a rapidly changing era, only continuous learning can keep you from being left behind.

Not working hard enough

Although we all know that hard work can change our skill level, and continuous efforts and perseverance can make us achieve something, there are still many people who only try briefly, work for three days and dry the net for two days, and give up after doing it for a while.

The difference in intelligence between people is not as big as imagined. In fact, in many cases, judging from the low level of effort of most people, it is not even a matter of talent. If two people are equally capable, the one who works hard and perseveres will definitely be more likely to succeed.

Fear of difficulties

They are afraid of heavy tasks and are unwilling to take challenges. Little do they know that ability is gained through constant challenges and breakthroughs. In a company, programmers who often take on difficult tasks must grow faster and their salaries must increase faster. The more difficult the task, the more it can reflect personal value and bring personal growth.

All things are difficult at the beginning, don't be afraid of difficulties. Things are often not done well not because of inability, but mostly due to lack of perseverance. As long as you are not afraid of difficulties and keep moving forward, you will definitely have different gains.

A career is like a woman, whoever pursues her will get her. The same is true for money.

Lack of responsibility

No matter what happens at work, it is none of his business anyway. He lacks a sense of responsibility and does not care whether he does a good job or not. He does not care about delivery commitments or product quality. Nothing can make him care.

A person's sense of responsibility determines his attitude at work and the success or failure of his career. If a person has no sense of responsibility, no matter how capable he is, he may not be able to achieve good results.

Negative, complaining

If things don’t go smoothly at work, I’ll get angry. Why is this person like this, that person like that, and why am I like this? The tasks are unfair, the resources are unfair, so-and-so doesn’t support me, so-and-so doesn’t cooperate…

Complaining will not make things better. On the contrary, it will make negative emotions spread, eat up your energy and time, and make you less productive. Successful people never complain, and complainers never succeed. Stop complaining immediately. The sooner you stop, the closer you are to your goal.

No concept of time management

Everyone has only 24 hours in a day, and the difference between people lies in how they use their time.

Some people have goals every week and plans every day. When they wake up in the morning, they will think about a few important things to do that day. In the evening, they will review what they have accomplished today and summarize what they have done well and what they have done wrong. They will also plan to learn new knowledge and skills. In this way, if they persist day by day, every day will be efficient and they will move towards a richer and better self every day.

Some people are aimless and just walk around. When they get to the company, they can hardly get anything done in the morning. In the afternoon, they still don’t know what to do. In the evening, they also worry about how to kill time…

Work for a salary

Although one of the main purposes of work is to get a salary, support yourself and provide for your family; however, this is only the most direct reward of work and also the highest level goal.

If we work for the salary, we are destined to be short-sighted and will be doomed to suffer the most. If you cannot see beyond the salary, and are obsessed with salary, benefits, position, etc., then the slightest disturbance in the outside world may make you drift like duckweed. You will soon lose your balance, confidence, enthusiasm, and peace, and then always take a perfunctory attitude at work, doing less if possible, avoiding things if possible, and thinking that as long as you are worthy of your salary, it is enough. In the long run, you will not get the high salary you pursue.

We enter a company to work for ourselves, not for salary or others. More important than salary is the opportunity to grow and achieve ourselves. We must understand that companies, enterprises, and organizations are all platforms for us to train and cultivate ourselves. We do not work for salary, for the boss, or for our family, but for self-realization and for a better self.

Only by setting high aspirations can you become successful throughout the world.

I don't like software development.

Some people are engaged in software development work not because they like it, nor do they change from not liking it to liking it as they go along. They may like the high salary that comes with software development - the average salary is higher than that of other industries. When people do something they don't like, they don't feel close to it psychologically, and they don't think about how to do it better. They often just do it roughly, and are unlikely to have a positive pursuit of excellence. Because when doing something you don't like, you reject it emotionally, and you want to escape emotionally. You always want to finish the job as soon as possible. Every day when you go to the company, you are not full of expectations, but all kinds of worries, irritability, and fear. When you get to the company, if there is a little difficulty or dissatisfaction, you will be negative, complain, resist, and refuse...

Doing things you like can maximize a person's potential and enthusiasm, and will lead to success the fastest. However, doing things you don't like is doomed to be half the result with twice the effort from the beginning, and will often end up in pain or give up halfway.