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[Tut] Top 9 Crypto Jobs for Coders in 2023 - xSicKxBot - 06-10-2022 Top 9 Crypto Jobs for Coders in 2023 <div><div class="kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-top kksr-align-left " data-payload="{"align":"left","id":"405444","slug":"default","valign":"top","reference":"auto","count":"1","readonly":"","score":"5","best":"5","gap":"5","greet":"Rate this post","legend":"5\/5 - (1 vote)","size":"24","width":"142.5","_legend":"{score}\/{best} - ({count} {votes})"}"> <div class="kksr-stars"> <div class="kksr-stars-inactive"> <div class="kksr-star" data-star="1" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> <div class="kksr-star" data-star="2" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> <div class="kksr-star" data-star="3" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> <div class="kksr-star" data-star="4" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> <div class="kksr-star" data-star="5" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> </p></div> <div class="kksr-stars-active" style="width: 142.5px;"> <div class="kksr-star" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> <div class="kksr-star" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> <div class="kksr-star" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> <div class="kksr-star" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> <div class="kksr-star" style="padding-right: 5px"> <div class="kksr-icon" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"></div> </p></div> </p></div> </div> <div class="kksr-legend"> 5/5 – (1 vote) </div> </div> <p>Blockchains penetrate into every single field in computer science. Fields such as borrowing, lending, web3, crypto gaming, NFTs, DAOs, trading — to mention just a few — experience a rapid growth in recent years. </p> <p>Both developers and users flock to decentralized, open, permissionless protocols: <strong>Blockchains</strong>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Becoming a 6-Figure Cryptolancer on Upwork and Fiverr?" width="780" height="439" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ryK6alFeuIo?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </figure> <p>The exploding interest in Blockchain development brings opportunity to coders like you. Incomes in the field become more and more unreasonable. </p> <p>If you’re idealistic and ambitious, and you like the ideas of decentralization & democratization, you’ll love the rapidly growing crypto field! </p> <p>This article shows that many “traditional” job descriptions can easily be morphed into an exciting new “crypto job”. Get your job in crypto! </p> <h2><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/how-much-does-a-blockchain-engineer-make/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/how-much-does-a-blockchain-engineer-make/" target="_blank">Blockchain Developer</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="548" height="367" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-50.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405692" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-50.png 548w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-50-300x201.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px" /></figure> </div> <p><strong>Blockchain Engineer Definition</strong>: A blockchain engineer operates, designs, develops, analyzes, implements, and supports a distributed blockchain network. Blockchain engineers manage specific business models dealing with blockchain technology.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p>The average annual income of a <strong>Blockchain engineer</strong> is between <strong>$105,180</strong> and <strong>$108,560</strong> according to Glassdoor (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.glassdoor.com/Search/results.htm?keyword=blockchain%20engineer" target="_blank">source</a>).</p> <p>But is there enough demand? Let’s have a look at Google trends to find out how interest evolves over time (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=blockchain%20engineer" target="_blank">source</a>):</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="503" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-34-1024x503.png" alt="" class="wp-image-161688" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-34-1024x503.png 1024w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-34-300x147.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-34-768x377.png 768w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-34-1536x755.png 1536w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-34.png 1713w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>But are clients actually searching for blockchain engineers? A simple analysis of the search volume for the term <code>"hire blockchain"</code> gives us the answer (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=hire%20blockchain" target="_blank">source</a>):</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="510" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-36-1024x510.png" alt="" class="wp-image-161743" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-36-1024x510.png 1024w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-36-300x149.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-36-768x382.png 768w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-36-1536x764.png 1536w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-36.png 1722w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Learn More</strong>: <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/how-much-does-a-blockchain-engineer-make/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/how-much-does-a-blockchain-engineer-make/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Blockchain Developer — Income and Opportunity</a></p> <h2><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/solidity-developer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/solidity-developer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank">Solidity Developer</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="576" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-51-1024x576.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405694" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-51-1024x576.png 1024w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-51-300x169.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-51-768x432.png 768w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-51.png 1218w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </div> <p>A <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/top-10-solidity-tutorials/" data-type="post" data-id="262867" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Solidity</a> developer creates, edits, analyzes, and debugs code in the Solidity programming language used to develop smart contracts for modern Blockchain ecosystems such as <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/ethereum-top-10-articles-to-get-started/" data-type="post" data-id="53284" target="_blank">Ethereum</a>.</p> <p>The average annual income of a <strong>Solidity Developer</strong> is between <strong>$60,000</strong> and <strong>$180,000</strong> with an average of $100,000 per year (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://web3.career/web3-salaries/solidity-developer" target="_blank">source</a>).</p> <p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Learn More</strong>: <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/solidity-developer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/solidity-developer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Solidity Developer — Income and Opportunity</a></p> <h2><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/crypto-trading-bot-developer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/crypto-trading-bot-developer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank">Crypto Bot Developer</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="914" height="685" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-52.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405698" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-52.png 914w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-52-300x225.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-52-768x576.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px" /></figure> </div> <p>Trading bots are software programs that talk directly to financial exchanges. <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/binance-api-trading-bot/" data-type="post" data-id="33903" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Crypto trading bots</a> are programs that talk to crypto exchanges. </p> <p>A crypto bot developer develops those programs. Crypto trading bot developers tend to be very proficient in trading, financial algorithms, APIs, and web services.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p>The average annual income of a <strong>Crypto Trading Bot Developer</strong> is similar to algorithmic traders of $104,422 (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.comparably.com/salaries/salaries-for-algorithmic-trader" target="_blank">source</a>). </p> <p>However, due to the novelty of the industry, there’s little official data. If you assume an hourly rate of $50 and an annual 2000 hours worked, the annual income of a crypto trading bot developer would be $100,000.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p>Do you want to become a Crypto Trading Bot Developer? Here’s a learning path I’d propose in five steps to get started:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Step 1</strong>: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://pll.harvard.edu/course/cs50-introduction-computer-science?delta=0" target="_blank">Introduction to Computer Science</a> (~40 hours)</li> <li><strong>Step 2</strong>: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://academy.finxter.com/university/binance-trading-api-creating-your-first-simple-crypto-trading-bot/" target="_blank">Create Your First Crypto Trading Bot</a> (~20 hours)</li> <li><strong>Step 3</strong>: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://academy.finxter.com/university/solidity-basics/" target="_blank">Introduction to Solidity and Ethereum</a> (~10 hours)</li> <li><strong>Step 4</strong>: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://academy.finxter.com/university/solidity-building-blocks-an-advanced-introduction-towards-smart-contract-development-on-ethereum/" target="_blank">Advanced Solidity</a> (~10 hours)</li> <li><strong>Step 5</strong>: <a href="https://academy.finxter.com/university/binance-trading-api-advanced-trading/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mastery Crypto Trading Bot Strategies</a> (~20 hours)</li> </ul> <p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Learn More</strong>: <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/crypto-trading-bot-developer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/crypto-trading-bot-developer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Crypto Bot Developer — Income and Opportunity</a></p> <h2><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/web-developer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/web-developer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank">Web Developer</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="457" height="685" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-53.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405699" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-53.png 457w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-53-200x300.png 200w" sizes="(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px" /></figure> </div> <p>A <strong>web developer</strong> is a programmer who specializes in the development of websites or applications viewed on web browsers, mobile devices, and large desktop screens that are transported over private or public networks such as the Internet.</p> <p>Web developers either work independently as freelancers or as employees for companies, government organizations, or non-profits.</p> <p class="has-base-background-color has-background">Lately, many web developers have started to work for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) in the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/crypto-trading-bot-developer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank">crypto</a> ecosystem due to their expertise in native web technologies and philosophies.</p> <p>The average annual income of a <strong>Web Developer</strong> in the United States is between <strong>$68,732</strong> and <strong>$110,438</strong> with an average income of <strong>$88,054</strong> and a median income of <strong>$90,000</strong> per year according to our meta-study of 11 aggregated data sources such as Glassdoor and Indeed.</p> <p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Learn More</strong>: <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/web-developer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/web-developer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Web Developer — Income and Opportunity</a></p> <h2><a href="https://blog.finxter.com/security-engineer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/security-engineer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Security Engineer</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" width="457" height="685" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-140.png" alt="" class="wp-image-358139" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-140.png 457w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-140-200x300.png 200w" sizes="(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px" /></figure> </div> <p>A security engineer is a “white-hat hacker”, i.e., an IT professional who analyzes computer systems and computer networks to ensure they are running securely. </p> <p>This involves proactive analysis and understanding of possible security threats and attack vectors and designing the system to minimize the exposure to these threats.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="463" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-47-1024x463.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405652" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-47-1024x463.png 1024w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-47-300x136.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-47-768x347.png 768w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-47.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </div> <p>You need to understand networking, computer security systems, databases, HTTP, and web protocols, as well as an intimate understanding of <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/three-skills-distributed-systems/" target="_blank">distributed systems</a>.</p> <p class="has-base-background-color has-background">The average annual income of a <strong>Security Engineer</strong> in the United States is between <strong>$75,732</strong> and <strong>$144,874</strong>, with an average of <strong>$108,851 </strong>and a statistical median of <strong>$105,928</strong> per year.</p> <p>This data is based on our meta-study of ten (10) salary aggregators sources such as Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter, and PayScale.</p> <figure class="wp-block-table is-style-stripes"> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Source</th> <th>Average Income</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/security-engineer-salary-SRCH_KO0,17.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Glassdoor.com</a></td> <td>$111,691</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Cyber-Security-Engineer-Salary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ZipRecruiter.com</a></td> <td>$120,708</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.zippia.com/security-engineer-jobs/salary/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Zippia.com</a></td> <td>$100,165</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.talent.com/salary?job=security+engineer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Talent.com</a></td> <td>$119,946</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.salary.com/research/salary/listing/information-security-engineer-salary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Salary.com</a></td> <td>$138,822</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Security_Engineer/Salary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PayScale.com</a></td> <td>$95,953</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://builtin.com/salaries/dev-engineer/security-engineer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Builtin.com</a></td> <td>$144,874</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.indeed.com/career/security-engineer/salaries" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Indeed.com</a></td> <td>$75,732</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.comparably.com/salaries/salaries-for-cyber-security-engineer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Comparably.com</a></td> <td>$90,120</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.salaryexplorer.com/salary-survey.php?loc=229&loctype=1&job=11108&jobtype=3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SalaryExplorer.com</a></td> <td>$90,500</td> </tr> </tbody> </table><figcaption><strong>Table</strong>: Average Income of a Security Engineer in the US by Source.</figcaption></figure> </p> <p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Learn More</strong>: <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/security-engineer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/security-engineer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Security Engineer — Income and Opportunity</a></p> <h2><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/computer-science-research-scientist/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/computer-science-research-scientist/" target="_blank">Computer Science Researcher</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="682" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-54-1024x682.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405700" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-54-1024x682.png 1024w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-54-300x200.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-54-768x512.png 768w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-54.png 1028w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </div> <p>A <strong>computer science researcher and scientist</strong> identifies and answers open research questions in computer science. </p> <p>They apply scientific reasoning and research techniques to push the state-of-the-art forward in various fields such as machine learning, distributed systems, databases, algorithms, and data science.</p> <p><strong>And the crypto industry as one of the fastest-growing research areas—just visit one CS conference these days and you’ll find crypto everywhere!</strong></p> <p>The median annual income (=50th percentile) of a <strong>computer science researcher</strong> was <strong>$131,490</strong> in May 2021. The bottom 10% (=10th percentile) of computer science researchers earned less than <strong>$74,210</strong> and the top 10% (=90th percentile) earned more than <strong>$208,000</strong>.</p> <p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Learn More</strong>: <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/computer-science-research-scientist/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/computer-science-research-scientist/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Computer Science Researcher — Income and Opportunity</a></p> <h2><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/distributed-systems-engineer/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/distributed-systems-engineer/" target="_blank">Distributed Systems Developer</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="457" height="685" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-55.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405701" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-55.png 457w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-55-200x300.png 200w" sizes="(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px" /></figure> </div> <p>A distributed system is a computer system spread across multiple computing devices connected via a communication network. Each participating device takes over part of the overall work performed by the system. By means of the collaboration of individual units, the system can provide services that each individual system component couldn’t provide on its own.</p> <p>Some examples of distributed systems are:</p> <ul> <li><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/ethereum-top-10-articles-to-get-started/" target="_blank">Ethereum</a> </strong>is a distributed system of Ethereum nodes connected via the Internet and a specific communication protocol.</li> <li><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/how-to-value-bitcoin/" target="_blank">Bitcoin </a></strong>is a distributed system of Bitcoin nodes connected via the Internet and a specific communication protocol as defined by the open-source Bitcoin protocol.</li> <li>The <strong>World Wide Web</strong> is a distributed system of servers connected via IP to provide a coherent web experience via browsers and an HTML-like web experience.</li> <li>A <strong>Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)</strong> is a distributed system of individuals that collaborate via a system written as a smart contract in a first-layer Blockchain such as Ethereum.</li> </ul> <p>A distributed systems engineer designs, implements, and debugs distributed systems for data storage, crypto & web3, or analytics. The idea is to design a distributed system that can provide a service to users that couldn’t be provided by a centralized system (e.g., providing a decentralized, censorship-free monetary network).</p> <p class="has-base-2-background-color has-background">The average annual income of a <strong>Distributed Systems Engineer</strong> in the United States is between <strong>$97,000</strong> and <strong>$169,656</strong>, with an average of <strong>$126,894 </strong>and a statistical median of <strong>$130,000</strong> per year.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="872" height="555" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-48.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405654" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-48.png 872w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-48-300x191.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-48-768x489.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px" /><figcaption><strong>Figure</strong>: Average Income of a Distributed Systems Engineer in the US by Source.</figcaption></figure> </div> <p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Learn More</strong>: <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/distributed-systems-engineer/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/distributed-systems-engineer/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Distributed Systems Developer — Income and Opportunity</a></p> <h2><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/javascript-developer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/javascript-developer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank">JavaScript Developer</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="457" height="685" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-56.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405702" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-56.png 457w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-56-200x300.png 200w" sizes="(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px" /></figure> </div> <p>The average annual income of a <strong>JavaScript Developer</strong> is between <strong>$62,000</strong> and <strong>$118,000</strong> with an average of <strong>$84,000</strong> per year according to Daxx.com and PayScale (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.daxx.com/blog/development-trends/javascript-market-trends-average-salaries" target="_blank">source</a>).</p> <p>A JavaScript developer creates dynamic web applications focusing mostly on the front-end logic—but recently some back-end JavaScript frameworks emerged as well. If you like web development and programming user interfaces, you’ll love the work as a JavaScript developer.</p> <p>The crypto industry is full of good old JavaScript developers — and many crypto frameworks such as <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/introduction-to-web3-js/" data-type="post" data-id="248348" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">web3.js</a> are based on JavaScript.</p> <p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Learn More</strong>: <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/javascript-developer-income-and-opportunity/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/javascript-developer-income-and-opportunity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">JavaScript Developer — Income and Opportunity</a></p> <h2><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/quant-developer/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/quant-developer/" target="_blank">Quant Developer</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="682" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-57-1024x682.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405704" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-57-1024x682.png 1024w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-57-300x200.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-57-768x512.png 768w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-57.png 1028w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </div> <p>A <strong>quantitative developer</strong> (i.e., <em>Quant</em>) is a financial programmer focused on financial modeling and quantitative finance and trading.</p> <p>Quants use their profound knowledge of</p> <ul> <li>statistics and math,</li> <li>finance,</li> <li>data structures,</li> <li>algorithms,</li> <li>machine learning,</li> <li>scientific computing,</li> <li>data science,</li> <li>chart technique, and</li> <li>data visualization</li> </ul> <p>to create models for financial prediction, backtesting, analysis, and implementation of trading and financial applications (e.g., for risk management).</p> <p class="has-base-background-color has-background">The expected annual income of a <strong>Quantitative Developer (Quant)</strong> in the United States is between <strong>$86,528</strong> and <strong>$170,000</strong> per year, with an average annual income of <strong>$127,375</strong> per year and a median income of <strong>$136,321</strong> per year.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="942" height="556" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-49.png" alt="" class="wp-image-405658" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-49.png 942w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-49-300x177.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-49-768x453.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px" /></figure> </div> <p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Learn More</strong>: <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/quant-developer/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://blog.finxter.com/quant-developer/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Quant Developer — Income and Opportunity</a></p> <h2>Conclusion</h2> <p>Many fields now incorporate Blockchains. Borrowing, lending, web3, NFTs, trading, and many more fields see a rapid growth in recent years—in developer and user interest alike. </p> <p>The exploding interest in Blockchain development brings opportunity to coders like you. Incomes in the field are unreasonable. </p> <p>And if you’re idealistic, you like decentralization and democratization, you’ll love the rapidly growing crypto field! </p> <p>This article has shown that many “traditional” job descriptions can easily be morphed into an exciting new “crypto job”. Get your job in crypto! </p> <h2>Programmer Humor</h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="925" height="507" src="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-9.png" alt="" class="wp-image-401703" srcset="https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-9.png 925w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-9-300x164.png 300w, https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-9-768x421.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px" /><figcaption><em>“Real programmers set the universal constants at the start such that the universe evolves to contain the disk with the data they want.”</em> — <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/real_programmers.png" data-type="URL" data-id="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/real_programmers.png" target="_blank">xkcd</a></figcaption></figure> </div> </div> https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2022/06/04/top-9-crypto-jobs-for-coders-in-2023/ |