20 Tech Skills That Will Instantly Get You Big Salary


#10 ETL

Value in the Market - $104,000

ETL is short for Extract, Transform and Load. In non-technical language ETL refers to extraction of data from original sources and putting them into the right format to be used with various types of databases. With the current growth of databases rated as exponential any skill associated with management of database, or increasing the efficiency of a database is well worth the money. Amazon’s top engineer James Hamilton is the perfect example of the value of such professionals today. James lives on a yacht and works from Hawaii on occasions.

#9 Objective C

Value in the Market - $105,000

Objective C is a general purpose object oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language. But the main reason why it is in demand or is largely popular today is because it is the preferred language for writing apps for OSX, which is the Mac OS, and more popularly known iOS for the iPhone and iPad. Something as simple as being an Objective C  enthusiast can land you a high paying job in a leading company today.

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