Hi,

I need to find a helper and need to determine what the going rate is for a junior programmer with a year or two of experience, maybe more.  He or she would need all the normal skills, PHP, MySql, CSS, JavaScript, XHTML, some AJAX exposure using a common library like MooTools or jQuery.  Extras that would be a plus : Drupal, payment gatway, some LAMP skills.

I need to determine what fair compensation would be for someone like this on a 1099 - full-time retainer without any benefits except 4 weeks of paid vacation a years and 6 paid holidays.  This is a work on your own type of gig and you can flex your time to some degree.  Would like this person to be available most of the day and they need to be willing to answer their phone or call back in a timely manner and respond to emails in a timely manner.  There would be a need to be on call some of the time.  I have been the only one on call (24/7) for 3 years and I have had 1 time where I needed to work into the early morning to deal with something.  The other 2 times I had to deal with something for an hour or so in the evening.

This person would work with me and would need to be in the East Valley so we could get together on a weekly bases or when we need to work face to face.  In the beginning I would want to spend more time working together because there is a lot to learn about our system.

It is a great gig working with a very successful virtual company which does all it's business online.

I will post the job once I put together more of the particulars. 

Just need some input on compensation at this point.

Thanks for your feed back!