'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94. MINNEAPOLIS â Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running Dear Abby advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94.
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Salary Outlook. The Labor Department reports that software developers made a median salary of $92,660 in 2013. The highest-paid 10 percent in the profession earned $143,540 in 2013, while the lowest-paid earned $55,770. software developerâs average salary, $96,260, is higher than most other occupations on our technology jobs list. For instance, a software developer made thousands more than computer systems analysts, who made an average salary of $85,320 in 2013, and computer programmers, who made about $80,930.