I appreciate your feedback. I was actually trying to find someone who had some kills but no resume experience so they could get their foot in the door. I by no means want to be a slum lord - I hate that. I was thinking I would find someone who was working at a non-IT job making less than $36k a year that wanted to get things going. I know at one point I would have loved an opportunity like what I am offering. And I fully expect this person would move on unless I can get more money budgeted. I wanted to offer a service not take advantage. On the AZPHP list I was told entry level is $50k plus. I think that label is really a mid range developer because this was someone who had experience. I was told to get an intern or a student. Funny thing is the only student who was interested, wanted to work through the hiring process with another company that was offering $40/hr. On 2015-07-22 15:09, Michael Butash wrote: > I actually sent that to a buddy of mine too as he knows folks that do > that sort of work more than I do, and even he was like "that's why I > don't do *that* anymore, now you know why most websites are so bad". > Sort of echo'd my thoughts. > > I saw a sign at QT that they pay 60k/yr for store managers (with > health care). I know some dev's that don't make much more after years > of experience and college, and usually herding cats either way. > > I humor myself thinking Microsoft (and sun/oracle for java) made such > a terrible precedent for turning out bad *developers* for so long, its > objectified the dev field as slave labor in some circles. I also know > some really terrible dev's that make a lot too for unapparent reasons, > I just hope their apps don't crap all over my network (but most do). > > -mb > > > On 07/22/2015 10:45 AM, Keith Smith wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I posted for an entry level LAMP developer a week or so ago figuring I >> would find a number of people wanting to break into LAMP development. >> What I received was a lackluster response. I was offering $22/hr 1099 >> with the potential to bill 40 hours a week. I figured by the time >> that person pays for health insurance figured at $250/mo, pays he self >> employment tax, and takes some vacation time and holiday time off, >> this compensation would be about $18 an hour W2 or $36,000 a year. >> >> Here is the contract description: >> >> I am looking for an entry level LAMP developer. Would like someone >> with entry level PHP skills and entry level Linux skills. Stuff like >> the ability to add a user, add a sudo user, and configure vhosts on >> apache. I will give directions with examples and they will be working >> on a development VPS so if they blow it we just spin up another. As >> for PHP skills if this person knows how to write a MySql connection >> string and is able to insert, update, delete and list.... this person >> could be what I am looking for. This is a maintenance job. This >> person would need to know some HTML and CSS. jQuery would be a plus. >> >> This contract could last as long as 2 or 3 years. At that point we >> would need to either up the compensation or understand when this >> person takes off for other opportunities. >> >> Is the compensation fair? Any ideas why I received such a lukewarm >> response? >> >> >> Your feedback is much appreciated. >> >> Keith >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss