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Author: George Toft
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Subject: Job hunting oddities
Thanks for the info - I just applied for that one. I was guessing
it was low, but not that low. My wife makes that answering e-mail
in North Phoenix.

George


Digital Wokan wrote:
>
> I just took what amounted to an IQ test for CRC Info Systems (yes, I was
> going to whore myself out as an MS programmer again... sigh). I listed
> my salary requirements on my resume. The job offered just over half
> that yet someone put "okay" next to it as if they'd discussed it with me
> and I'd agreed. I told their HR person that I couldn't work for that
> low and be able to put my daughter in daycare (unless I wanted to live
> in a studio apartment across the valley from the Sctsdl Air Park). I
> did ask what my score was. The guy told me that 70 was a scarily high
> score and that I was in the 80's. Said it was the highest score he'd
> ever seen on the test.
>
> High praise. But, no, it's still a $30K job.
>
> (Is that really the going rate for ERP system programmers or are these
> guys really enjoying the dot-bombed market?)
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