I would think his salary would be higher than the new hire since he has been there longer. Unless I’m missing something.

I'm currently on OpenSuse Tumbleweed running on a Lenovo T540p. My setup runs fine other than I wish the resolution was higher. I haven't used Mint in a long time. That's it. I had no point. Ha!

@Voxera Oh I know. Despite it feeling like it is, I have been round long enough to know that, but thanks for acknowledging it. I'm currently refreshing my memory on HTML, CSS, and this coming week I'll start on JavaScript then either React or Angular. I found a few jobs for an IT person that also understands some of the development side so maybe that's my in but I'm quite a bit over qualified for the IT side of it. Hopefully they give me a chance.

Wow, I didn’t expect to get this type of response. Well that tells me I probably should have followed the developer path back then while it was staring me right in the face because look at all of you now. I wish I was where all of you are now.

@C0D4 Hey, old=experienced. 👍

@Voxera That's awesome. One of my biggest regrets was not pursuing that initial love of coding I got. Well, I'm correcting that mistake now...many many many years later.

It does work and I'm no SEO expert. I agree with most of the other comments before mine. Maybe your issue is that it may take a bit longer to rank up, maybe there's just so much similar content around you that has been around much longer and is using similar keywords. Keep in mind Google does location based searches so if this site is somewhat local and it still doesn't come up for you when searching the keywords, you may have some other issues to deal with.

You said you work for an IT company. I don't know where you are but here in the US we have these IT companies called MSPs, Managed Service Providers. I have seen multiple times where they would rather hire someone with certificates/degrees over someone that actually knew what they were doing simply so they can use the number of employees with certificates in their marketing to clients.

Hopefully they helped you pay for that certificate. If so, maybe use it to get a better job. I realize the certificate means nothing. I have been in IT for 30 years with no certificates or degrees so I understand.

Speaking from the IT side of things, I found it highly depends on having a good team. I hate to be a micromanager as much or more than being micromanaged but some employees just require you to be that way. Sure, that means that they probably should replaced at that point but that's never easy. Still, in my case it wasn't about having a good team, it was about having those above me not know what they were doing.

@Nihil75 This is almost my story except for the suicidal part. Now I'm looking to be a developer. Hahahaha!

That happens to me all the time. It's either dogs or some other noise going on outside. Sometimes I realize my ears just become more sensitive when I know I will need a quiet environment but then I realize a lot of the times most mics may not pick up background noise as well as I hear it. It guess that's one of the drawbacks of working remotely.

How are you using CSS without HTML? Are you just reading and not actually using it? I learned HTML, CSS, and some PHP on a long weekend. You don’t have to learn every single thing. Just enough so you’re familiar with it and you can at least get through the basics. The rest you can look up whenever you need it.

@Navigatr I totally understand that. I’m the same way. I originally learned HTML, PHP, and MySQL by deciding I wanted to create a website with shopping cart from scratch. That was maybe 10 years ago. Ha!

Talk to them about being a developer and all the great things about the different languages. Do that a few times and they’ll probably be bored to death and leave you alone to avoid you explaining anymore to them. Ha!

I think I was drunk for the first time in my life at a business/entrepreneur event in February. I went with a friend who does drink and he was telling what to drink and not to drink. We had an interesting conversation. I “think” I was still walking in a straight line and my speech wasn’t slurred. I might do it again next year but it’s not something I like to do. I don’t like possibly not having full control if some emergency happens.

I know a few people like that. My response is something like “Sounds like a hardware problem with your computer. You should take it to a local shop to get looked at because they would be a lot cheaper than me.” They usually stop asking after that.

If you want to advance and learn new things, you need to go outside your comfort zone. Entrepreneurs are told this all the time. I feel it applies to a lot. I’m an introvert but pushing myself out of my comfort zone has always brought me good things. Go outside of your comfort zone and you may find new opportunities.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that does that. Ha!

@0tikurt Pretty much all his books and others like them.

@Lukas That's a good one. Yeah, saving is fine for the smaller things but most of your money should be put into something that makes money. Buy and build assets. Your assets pay for your liabilities. Make your money work for you. Money sitting in a savings account isn't "working".

Schools don't teach about finance and credit unfortunately. Those are skills everyone needs. Even if you're earning minimum wage, it can still help you.

I would tell them to read Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and find a good financial planner that will help them come up with a plan. Not someone from a bank though. They're only there to sell you stuff. Try to determine the planner's financial status. If they can't help themselves, they can't help you.

@craig939393 I didn't take your rant that way but it sort of is about money. I have been an employee and a business owner. I've found out the hard way that you have to decide what your time is worth. An employer will try to pay you the least amount of possible and of course you'll try to get as much as you can. I know it's difficult when your first starting out and you may not have a lot of verifiable experience. I just thought developers made more. I know it's not all about money but the world revolves around money.

Is this a normal pay for a developer? Is there such a thing as a developer that makes 100K or more? This has always been my concern and why I went more into the support side.

@SirusAmory I cut down my coffee drinking to 1 - 2 cups per day but if I don't drink any for a day or two, I get headaches still.

I should probably say that at the moment, I don't really have a really good computer. I bought a refurbished Dell Latitude E6420, upgraded the RAM to 8GB and installed an SSD drive. It's running Windows 10 and everything I do runs reasonably fast. So for me, even a base MacBook Pro without the touch bar would be more than fast enough and will likely last me several years so the investment wouldn't really be so bad for me. I do not want a new Windows 10 computer but I use Lightroom a d Photoshop for photography plus a few other applications so I can't really have Linux as my primary OS.

@deadlyRants I just checked both Apple and Dell websites. At a quick glance, I see a Dell XPS 13 with an i5 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD starting at $1,149.99 USD and on Apple's website, a 13" MacBook Pro with the same specs mentioned above starting at $1,499.00 USD. I didn't look any further if it's the same i5, resolution and quality of the display, battery life, construction, accessories such as a docking station or some form of that (I know there's one available for the XPS but I'm leery of it), your preference of the keyboard, your preferred OS, etc. I'm a hardware guy with a background in electronics. I work with a lot of Dell's (mostly the Latitudes). I'd prefer the Mac.

I usually just drink more coffee. If it's still not helping, usually getting up and walking around helps. Or maybe shift your focus to different things instead of just staring at the monitor.

I have similar discussions all the time. People compare a Mac's price to maybe some $400, consumer grade laptop when they should be comparing them to either a Dell XPS, Dell Latitude, HP ProBook, etc. Then you'll see the prices are similar.

While my preferred OS I OpenSuse Linux, I'm saving up for a new MacBook Pro. I'll get some of the advantages of Linux plus I'll be able to install commercial software like Photoshop and Lightroom.

Let's use Joomla.

That should have been "....10,000 things going through my head..." oops.