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

[Keith Smith]

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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Keith Smith