yeah, PBC Florida has skyrocketed in housing prices. I'm originally from there, my family has seen their property values triple in the past 4 years alone. Where PBA is located, well, good freakin luck finding anything affordable, with a view of Palm Beach across the way everything is costly. Used to see Trumps, now Ivanan's, yacht there quite a bit. Of course there is always tamarind ave area... ;)
DK On 8/1/06, PETER SHEATS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:248526 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
