Re: We're fasionable again
- From: Ranko Mosic <ranko.mosic@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Mark Brinsmead <mark.brinsmead@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:05:05 -0500
I thought $54/hour implies contracting assignment.
If so, it is automatically $20/hour less ( travel expenses), which makes it
too low.
Company that was paying $105/hour is still alive. ( www.andale.com).
rm
On 1/22/06, Mark Brinsmead <mark.brinsmead@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Are you perhaps comparing contractor/consultant rates to salary? Well,
> given that you talking about the height of the tech insanity (I mean
> "bubble") maybe you're not. 'Course any company that's paying salaried
> employees (beneath the level of "Director" or "Vice President", anyway)
> $105/hr probably deserves to be extinct today...
>
> $54/hr is something in the neighbourhood of $100,000/yr. As a salary with
> benefits and some element (illusion) of permanence, that's not bad at all.
> Well, in most markets, anyway. It's probably not too impressive in places
> like New York or San Francisco (or London, or Tokyo, or ...). As a national
> (I presume USA) average, though, this actually fairly encouraging. It beats
> early 2002, when you could reasonably expect to see seasoned DBAs (and many
> other high-level IT professionals) standing on street corners holding signs
> reading:
>
> * Will Code .NET for Food*
>
> Heck, in about 2002, I had "recruiters" trying to convince me to accept
> out-of-town contract gigs for as little as $35/hr, and expecting *me* to
> cover the travel expenses. You can probably guess what I told them... ;-)
>
>
> Frankly, I think the insanity of 1999 and 2000 was almost as unhealthy as
> the great collapse that followed. It's really quite refreshing to see some
> sense of sanity (perhaps punctuated occasionally with a little "vigor")
> return to the market.
>
>
> Ranko Mosic wrote:
>
> And pay is good to ( sad smile ): $ 54 /hour. I was making $105/hour in
> 2000.
>
>
>
> On 1/19/06, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/story/0,10801,107720,00.html?SKC=careers-107720
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jared Still
> > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> >
>
>
>
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