A software engineer typically makes $93,350 annually, with a reported salary range of $55,238 to $116,704. ButI want to eventually become a senior software engineer which would typically make $100,597 annually, with a reported salary range of $75,598 to $142,398. There is plenty of room for advancement in this job because as technology advances you would need to as well and gain even more experience and get promoted to higher levels. The more experience you have in this field the more you get paid.The career outlook for software engineers is good with a projected 10-year growth of 22% (02012). This means that that total number of jobs is projected to rise from 1,018,000 in 2012 to 1,241,960 in 2022. Thats 134,376 jobs that will be created from this time of writing to 2022. This job will always be in demand and will not phase out because of the worlds increasingly reliance of computers and