Re: NYC 40/hr net-30?

2004-01-22 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi, I am a totally blind perl programmer living in Central Europe (Romania), and I am programming in Perl, MySQL, HTML, XHTML and I am searching for a job. If one of you get a job and want to pay somebody else to make a part of that job for less than you earn for it, I would be glad to help you.

Re: NYC 40/hr net-30?

2004-01-22 Thread Terrence Brannon
Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: On Jan 21, 2004, at 2:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I've seen so far, I don't think Perl skills are enough any more to demand the high pay. In 1999-2001, they were. You have to almost have a package of other tech skills which tend to include Java and PHP or

Re: NYC 40/hr net-30?

2004-01-22 Thread Terrence Brannon
Mike Gnitecki wrote: Also, what do you think about 40/hr? I am used to getting 75/hr W-2 in NYC. A job was just posted advertising up to ~$22.50/hour in NYC, seeking a contractor that's fluent in Perl. Does $40/hour sound so bad now? I don't know why I should be swayed by one job offer which

Re: NYC 40/hr net-30?

2004-01-22 Thread Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
After 9-11 it has dried up even more than thatand not just for Perl Programmers. Ruben So by economic reality do you mean that the average rate for a mid-career Perl programmer in the most lucrative and plentious job market in the World (the new york tri-state area) has dropped

Re: NYC/40 hr net-30?

2004-01-22 Thread gohaku
I just had to post this link I found at: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/eng/22885035.html $1.50-$2/hour ??? Is that after taxes?

Re: improving skillset (was YC 40/hr net-30?)

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Ettinger
If PHP and Java/C++ are starting to become necessary auxilliary technologies, then I am in for sure trouble. I have focused on open source for the last 5 years: perl, linux, apache, mysql, xml. I have some php experience too, and am leaning toward learning python over java or c/c++. Are you

Re: NYC/40 hr net-30?

2004-01-22 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 02:14:29PM -0500, gohaku wrote: I just had to post this link I found at: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/eng/22885035.html $1.50-$2/hour ??? Is that after taxes? It says it's been removed. Maybe it was a misprint? Walt signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: improving skillset (was YC 40/hr net-30?)

2004-01-22 Thread John Von Essen
I am a big open source person, php, perl, mysql, apache, etc.,. I have had the oppurtunity to work at companies who are narrow minded and let themselves be talked into technology. I also have had to oppurtunity to work with developers who were born and raised on the J2EE farm, and have never

Re: NYC/40 hr net-30?

2004-01-22 Thread Mike Gnitecki
At 07:00 PM 1/22/2004 -0500, Walt Mankowski wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 02:14:29PM -0500, gohaku wrote: I just had to post this link I found at: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/eng/22885035.html $1.50-$2/hour ??? Is that after taxes? It says it's been removed. Maybe it was a misprint?

Re: NYC/40 hr net-30?

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Ettinger
maybe someone reported it as spam. I doubt it was a mistake, seeing as how they are targeting Indian workers. I worked for a co. which hired indian web designers at roughly $2.50/hour. --- Walt Mankowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 02:14:29PM -0500, gohaku wrote: I just