>OK, whatever ... all I'm gonna say is "you get what you pay for".
>
Bonnie;
Except when it comes to paying taxes! :)
Tom
>>mmmm......, let see
>>In Miami? How about somebody without a work permit?
>>Could be plenty.
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>>>Chris,
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>>>The job was in Miami ... pretty high cost of living there. Plus, it was a 6-month contract position. A contractor must get paid more than an employee because there are no benefits paid by the employer, the contractor must pay all that himself/herself (medical insurance, etc.) ... I don't see how anyone can afford that at $11/hr in Miami.
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>>>~~Bonnie
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>>>>>I just noticed a rather low paying job in the jobs section.
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>>>>>Luis Guzman must be a bigger chronic-optimist than most developers if he thinks he can get even a Junior VFP Programmer (on a six-month contract) for 11 USD per hour.
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>>>>>Are things really this bad?
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>>>>*reads lots of other replies on this thread*
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>>>>I don't do consulting, I'm a staff programmer, so I don't understand why a bounty of fifty percent or so above salary seems to be the norm. But my answer to the thread topic is: It seriously depends on what part of the country you're referring to. Down here in El Paso, yeah, I believe that offer - the market just can not and will not pay the same prices that would be seen in Dallas or elsewhere.
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>>>>I spent three years working for roughly that amount maintaining a Fox/DOS system and trying to plan for updating/rewriting it in VFP. Admittedly, I'm an odd duck in terms of cost/lifestyle ratio, but that was my living and I was comfortable at it.
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>>>>So, insult? No. That price for a job at McDonalds or Office Depot? Yeah, that's an insult to everyone trying to claw out a living for half that doing the same job down here.
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