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Author: Keith Smith
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CC: der.hans
Subject: Re: O/T : Looking for an entry level LAMP developer for contract work.
On 2015-07-22 22:57, der.hans wrote:
> Am 22. Jul, 2015 schwätzte Keith Smith so:
>
> moin moin,
>
> first off, job listings from PLUG members are not OT. We want people to
> get jobs. We want Free Software jobs to find good candidates.


Good to know.

>
> Job listings from drive by recruiters is spam, but most of the
> recuiters
> we've run into over the years have either participated in the group or
> at
> least asked politely if they can post something.
>
> Second, I just forwarded this to a few people. Sorry for the delay, I
> thought I sent it out after the original post, but my sent-mail claims
> that I did not.
>


Appreciate you doing so.

> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>> 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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