Salary Average ...

[Kaoru Wilbur]

Actually, depends on your admin tasks. I always make over 6 figs on Moodle
gigs here and when I get flown to other locations.

On Nov 8, 2017 8:52 PM, "Kevin Fries" <kevin at fries-biro.com> wrote:

> The range seems right because the job spec is so varied.  But for someone
> coming in on the lower end of senior, I would say $90k-$100k is about right.
>
> Most of those higher salaries are closer to DevOps range.  If you are
> expected to contribute immediately at a high level on process development
> and automation, or cloud based technologies, that is the the money gets
> into those higher ranges.
>
> Congrats, enjoy and learn.
>
> Kevin Fries
>
> On Nov 8, 2017 8:35 PM, "Snyder, Alexander J" <alex at misteralexander.com>
> wrote:
>
> I should have included that this is an internal transfer, supported by my
> current management team as the "next step" in my professional growth plan.
>
> Are salary negotiations different for internal candidates?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex.
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+
>
> On Nov 8, 2017 7:34 PM, "der.hans" <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>
>> Am 08. Nov, 2017 schwätzte Snyder, Alexander J so:
>>
>> moin moin,
>>
>> Hello folks --
>>>
>>> Interested to know if the group could advise on what a reasonable yearly
>>> salary would be for a "Senior Linux Administrator" here in the Phoenix
>>> Metro Valley.  I have researched online and found a wide spread between
>>> 75k-130k ... that seems to vary wildly based on location ... hoping to
>>>
>>
>> That spread sems about right. I do know of places that pay less than that.
>> Need to know abut more places that pay on the top end :).
>>
>> Dice, LOPSA and Linux Foundation do salary surveys ( might be the same
>> salary survey ).
>>
>> The biggest key is what you want in order to take the job.
>>
>> Money isn't the only reason to jump ship, but if that's part of the
>> enticement it needs to be enough to compensate for the risk of leaving a
>> job and taking a change on a new place. If the current gig sucks and the
>> new gig is awesome, the cost of risk might be negative :).
>>
>> Don't forget to calculate the value of other benefits that matter to you
>> as well. I went from a place with matching 401k to a place without
>> matching 401k, which significantly reduced the actual pay increase.
>>
>> Free gym and mass transit credits are useless to me as I already have a
>> gym membership and working from home requires no transit :).
>>
>> If the new place doesn't really give raises ( as most don't ), then
>> consider what you'd want to be making in 3 years with at least COLA
>> raises.
>>
>> Also ask about travel requirements and opportunities for training and
>> conferences.
>>
>> Congrats on the offer and good luck!
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
>>
>> narrow that down ... so I can see through any included "Cost of living"
>>> bump.
>>>
>>> I did my own "back of the envelope" calculation and found "$106,865.00"
>>> may
>>> be a reasonable ask, but again, this was averaged with data from about 22
>>> different "Tech Hubs" (Atlanta, Austin, SF, Seattle, etc, etc ...).
>>>
>>> I have about 12 years experience with Linux (no Unix exp), and have
>>> worked
>>> in a variety of Linux focused jobs, but have never been in a "Senior"
>>> (title) role before, and I'm not sure what a reasonable ask is.
>>>
>>> Right now I'm at $85k and would like to counter an offer, intelligently.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alex.
>>>
>>>
>> --
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>> #  When in doubt, choose the interesting. -- der.hans
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