Can you make a living as a system programmer?
- by Helper Method
Is there still a market for C system programmers? I love Java and some of the newer JVM languages but at the same time I really enjoy low-level system programming under Unix, using C and the GNU toolchain (it makes you feel elitist ;-)).
Now I wonder
a) is there still a market for C system programmers and
b) how much do you earn compared to an app programmer
c) is it that much fun in a large scale project?