O/T : Looking for an entry level LAMP developer for contract work.

[Michael Butash]

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
>
>