As everyone knows, I do not often join in discussions anymore, (Dw is dead as far as what I will now write). Sorry to disappoint you Os, but £125,000.00 is not unusual in web development, especially for managment roles. However, (and this is a big HOWEVER) you are probably thinking that web development as how it used to be back before creating 'full scale applications' was possible, (and yes, $14 per hr is about right for traditional web sites). The real money, as I have said before. Is now in what was once the domain of stock-management, distribution, sales, poduct support and on-line training, (sometimes including all those, in one package). Done using dedicated programs such as access, powerpoint, etc. or even custon written in C++, or Java. That is no longer the case. Now it is 99%, done using web techs. and to make matters worse, they are all behind 'closed' secure gateways, (so no examples, sorry). If you want an idea of what web developers are doing now, (for that amount of money being talked about) think about companies such as Amazon, and everything they require to operate and run their buisness, from the customer placing the order, (front-end, and cheapest part to create) to everything requiered on the back-end, such as stock control, 'picking' the item(s), deliver to customer, accounting, etc, etc, and you will have an idea, why those high salaries are possible in web development now, as they are now all done using web techs. Traditional web sites, especially static ones, simply do not 'fit' into what web development entails now, and if someone wants to earn a good living now, everything that one must know goes well beyond e-commerce as it used to be.
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