Junior .net Developer And Pay Scale

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Hi,

I work as junior software developer (.Net) in manchester and its been one and half yr since i started my job. Overall i am happy with working enviorment, people are nice and Cooperative. We have very small IT team and work on in house application.

Sometimes its pretty boring as there is no work to do, i do ask my seniors if there is any work to do but they say that not at the moment, after asking few times, now i don't ask and wait for them to give me job to do. I am not wasting my time, in spare time i study for certification exams which are related to my job and career.

1) Here i like to know if this is normal in all software development jobs that sometimes you get job to do and sometimes you are just sitting?

2) How long should i wait before i ask my manager for salary increment? Last yr no one got 3% raise may be bcz of recession.

3) How long normally it takes to progress from junior developer role to senior role?

Thanks

 

1) Depends on the environment, and the demand for jobs to be done.

2) That depends on your performance. If you feel you have exceeded your responsibilities, or are worth more than you are being paid, then by all means build and present your case (but be prepared with evidence. "Because I want one" wont cut it).

3) Depends on ability. I would like to consider myself as reasonably skilled and competent, but I'm in no way a senior developer yet. I did get promoted from Developer to Analyst developer after a year in this particular job. Horses for Courses - I might take ten years, you might take 2. No way to tell.

 

1) I am usually busy with something all the time:
- Architecting/designing/prototyping future features
- Researching new technologies or techniques we can apply in future builds
- Implementing process improvements
- Refactoring existing code
- Depending on the phase I help out with integration, testing, documentation, etc.

2) I wouldn't just go to your manager and ask for a raise. Have some things documented and researched. What was your yearly evaluation rating? Find out the average salary for your position and amount of experience and see where you fall. Have a list of things that you have done during your employment there that illustrate your contributions and how you've exceeded expectations.

3) It all depends on your company and your abilities and initiative. I started at my company with no professional experience and then became the lead developer for my project within the first two years. I had to put a lot of effort into demonstrating my abilities, dedication, and passion. I was also one of the few people who constantly sought out to better the project and speak up if the managers/customers tried to push down things that did not make sense.

Good luck to you.