Keith, do you have any point of contact information? My friend is interested in applying. On Jul 22, 2015 11:51 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 > > > -- > 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 >