[Blasterlord2]

If you are doing IT recruitment you would know some employers look for specialized software developer and pay top dollars even higher than project manager. They do exist as of currently 10k developer role are around until recent tech layoff frenzy.

What language you want to know wow long list. Lotus Notes Lotus Script Visual Basic Visual C++ plain C C++ Java Python oracle plsql mssql transact SQL postgresql bash script Perl etc some obscure I forget. I am forced to learn as I am usually doing maintenance instead of create from scratch so need learn a lot else cannot do maintenance for bug fixes and enhancement request.

Now you know why locals do not want to specialise in software development they need to keep learning and then produce working program for employers compared to say project manager manning Java Python etc no big diff, timeline budget resources allocation etc tasks do not change drastically due to different programming language used for the IT projects.

I know software developers are quite well-paid these few years cos someone I know who is in the fintech industry asked me to introduce some developers to him. He told me it's very difficult to get them. Even my sister's US company is also willing to pay fresh graduate $9k for junior developer roles. But I dun think they could get this high now as these jobs were hyped up in the last few years.

However, project managers will still always command higher pay because they decide your work scope and performance. I'm referring to senior level project managers.