In fact, the average salary for a computer programmer just hit a record-smashing, all time high of $100,000. ... Sorry to burst to the bubble, but there's no get rich quick scheme in programming or any other career field. If you want to make the big bucks, you need to work hard and stay dedicated.

What type of coding makes the most money?

Globally, Perl is the top paying programming language, as developers make a median salary of $76,000. In the US, Perl programmers make a median salary of $130,000. Perl is used for prototyping, large scale projects, text manipulation, system administration, web development, network programming, and more.

Can I become a billionaire by coding?

But it is no more true in today's world where programmers themselves become the management guys and start their own start-ups after realizing their abilities and ideas can make them billionaires. Each year, Forbes publishes an updated list ranking the world's billionaires.