We all know that the rapid development of the Internet now, programmers have become a well-paid job, compared with other industries, programmers wages have been among the best, so a lot of college students and recent graduates want to join the Internet industry. But to learn programming really have a future? How about a programmer prospects?
In the eyes of many people, the programmer is synonymous with high wages, but also most people's first impression of programmers, but we will not like envy, as civil servants, to praise programmer: such high wages, lifetime would not worry, in real life, it seems that farmers have not seen a code fifties and sixties, rickets in which the code in the computer next to the code.
Obviously, the programmer is not a young person's career, but there is a vicious circle, five years ago, most people worry about the future of 30-year-old programmer, today at the age of 35 programmers worry vested after 5 years, I think it is the prospect of 40-year-old programmer worry about it.
35-year-old crisis, the programmer is not exclusive, in fact the vast majority of jobs will appear this dilemma. But different people make different choices, some people chose to continue cultivating technology, while others began to consider a career change job transfer
First, the salary is definitely the most original work force in China on wages, they are definitely the top few in the industry, but now the rapid development of the Internet industry, a variety of Internet companies are blossoming out on the market level programmers have become good and bad, which also led to the polarization of income programmer, some programmers can easily pay over a million, while the second-tier income programmers just a subsistence level, which also tells us that ability level is the most determining factor. As a programmer, if you have the ability, you will get better treatment, regardless of looks, regardless of background, ability to decide everything, will not worry about their future in this industry.
Secondly, IT market is really saturated yet?
In recent years, the development of IT industry very quickly, personnel engaged in the IT industry, more and more, along with the boom in the IT industry, we all feel that this industry is already saturated. But still there are so many programmers are produced every year or even every day, but I have not heard what the programmer because the so-called "IT market saturation" and starved to death, but every programmer will grow with experience and qualifications , go way more and more smoothly.
那么所谓的IT市场饱和是真的吗？就跟销售市场的旺季和淡季一样，哪里有淡季和旺季之分？只不过是大家的脑袋里面没有足够的市场容量。存在的就是合理的，一个东西，只要你有，就绝对会有人有用；就跟一句恋爱物语似的“就算有时候你觉得自己失败得像一坨屎，仍然会有一只很傻的屎壳郎克服一切把你滚回家。”世界有时候就是这么好。
所以说，IT市场饱和这些话的确不是很科学的。只有落后的思想，永远没有落后的市场。如果有，那是因为你还没有做到足够的开发。就像一开始我们都以为电脑是用来打字的，但是中国的程序员鼻祖就用它发家致富了一样；在淘宝出来之前，谁也不会想到买卖原来还可以这样做；说不定以后有谁有创新意识，买卖还会出现新的形式和局面。
程序员的发展空间有多大？
这个数据不是一成不变的，而且也是无法具体形容的。我们只能通过程序员的职位和晋升空间，以及程序员的薪资水平来判断他们的发展空间有多大。当然这些也都是按照程序员的个人能力来看的。
据有关资料来看，程序员的发展主要是三个大的阶段：
第一阶段：
由初级工程师发展为中级工程师，在这个阶段程序员的知识水平和专业技能将会有很大的提升，薪资待遇也会由原来的年薪5-10w上升为12-20w。
第二阶段：
由中级工程师发展为高级工程师，这个阶段程序员积攒了大量的资本和大量的人脉，很多程序员可能会选择创业，但是大部分会选择在后面的阶段。薪资待遇也由原来的15-20w上升到20-35w。
第三阶段：
由高级工程师转为技术专家或者架构师，往CTO（首席技术官）的方向发展，薪资水平由原来的20-35w上升到50-200w。
光看程序员的发展和薪资水平就已经满脸口水了，好吗？
再看一下程序员具体的职位类型，在初级阶段，程序员可能会选择做一些售后的岗位；在中级工程师阶段，有些程序员可能的职位是售前岗位、产品经理、测试工程师等；在高级工程师阶段，相应的职位就成了培训讲师，在此期间，还可以自己接私活、写书等。再高级的CTO，不用说了，自己直接创业是天时地利人和，有资本，有技术，有人脉，想不成功都难。
程序员都是吃青春饭的，那么未来年纪大点了怎么办？
程序员往往工作强度较大，遇到紧急开发项目的话，则需要熬夜加班做项目，所以在体力上较其他的工作要求更高一些。与此同时，也需要严密的逻辑思维能力，而如果人员年龄偏大以后其反应及思维能力会有所下降，所以干起活儿来会更加吃力一些。
web开发工程师这项工作虽然入门低，但是要学习的地方很多，到中高级别技术含量相对较高，同样需要有较强的逻辑思维能力等，但这并不等于这份工作是无规律可循的。只要熟练掌握其规律，其实这份工作并不是很难。像常人说的“加班熬夜”主要是针对于初入“编写代码”人员的一种描述，其实这也只是个短暂的过渡。
针对年龄偏大者相对于年轻人逻辑思维能力稍差些，这些大家都不会予以否认，毕竟这是人类的自然规律。但这也并不能表示说：因为这样就会将所谓的“老程序员”淘汰。
年轻程序员虽然在体力以及脑力上占有一定的优势，但是相对而言工作经验欠缺。“老程序员”（相对而言）因为工作经验及阅历等原因，只要在工作上不会出现重大失误等情况，往往在面对均等的升职机会时，往往最容易获得，例如项目经理、总监等。
综上，程序员是个靠实力且发展前途无限的行业。
