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
>
>
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