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Skills that raise your pay

• Full-stack skills

  Front-end plus back-end plus databases. Full-stack developers get the software developer pay scale.

• Cloud basics

  An AWS (Amazon Web Services) or Azure certificate. A few hundred dollars each.

• Accessibility

  Building sites that work with screen readers. Required for government and big-company work in Canada, and few developers know it well.

• Performance and security

  Fast, safe sites are what senior developers are paid for.