Yeah, the average price of single family homes in PB county was around 400K a few months ago. Right now the market is dead though, like most of the country - we'll see what happens.
I agree that getting my CF Cert isn't all that big of a deal - even if I had failed the test I would have been glad I did it because it made me learn about a lot of the things in CF that I have never needed to use. However, my boss and HR and the VP of Business don't know anything about web programming so I'm using the Cert as a way to prove to them that I do know what I'm doing - since this is my first job out of College. And for any of you who may have checked out www.pba.edu please don't judge me based on that horrendous site, I inherited. The new one can be found at www1.pba.edu - I started the project about 2 years ago and we're hoping to launch this month. I can't believe how slow things happen at Higher Education institutions. Thanks for the survey and for everyone who responded, 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: Douglas Knudsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Advanced Developer Average Salary 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:248543 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
