Sounds like a fun option. I'm not really holding my breath. It's my first job and I'm using it mostly to gain experience. There is a lot of flexibility and freedom to use time to learn new technologies and languages. Right now they are paying for some .NET training for me as well and need me to work on a new portal they bought using c# so I'm considering staying at least a year to get some good experience doing that.
However, none of that helps when you have to pay living expenses in South Florida. As soon as we launch our new site I'll be ready to move on but if I can negotiate a better salary I would be content for a little longer. Thanks for the sources... monster.com has a little salary wizard and I had used salary.com in the past. I guess I was hoping for anything more specific to CF programming since the recent certification is my biggest ammo. Thanks again, Peter Sheats Webmaster Palm Beach Atlantic University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 561.803.2033 "Maturity comes from obedience to Christ, not necessarily from age." -- Leonard Ravenhill -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:06 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Advanced Developer Average Salary > -----Original Message----- > From: PETER SHEATS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 August 2006 15:21 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Advanced Developer Average Salary > > Hey Everyone, > > I recently took my CF 7 test and got an 88% (I used the CFMX Exam > Buster sold by centrasoft.com which really helped in case anyone is > planning on taking the test soon). > > Anyway, I was wondering if anyone can point me to any resources that I > can use to show my boss what the average salary is for Coldfusion Developers. > I > work at a higher education institution and salaries right now are kind > of low, and they know it but it's a struggle to get them to do > anything about it. To be blunt I wouldn't hold your breath. Companies, in general, are going to pay as low as they can and stick with it. If you're accepting that paycheck then they have no reason to move. I've been with the same company for over 10 years now... but the only way I've ever gotten substantial raises is to leave the company (at a raise) for a few months and then get hired back (at another raise) or move on. I've only made this cycle once (I'm quite comfortable where I am now) but I know others, especially management, that has bounced in and out upwards of 3-5 times. It takes a decade and can be really painful (moving, learning new cultures, etc) or so but you can end up at a much higher salary point than you would have been had you stayed pat. Of course it's also a huge gamble... so you could end up a swing-shift manager at McDonald's. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:248453 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
