yeah right, you pay dearly for all that holyness. :) That and wonderful FAU is around the corner ...my ug alma mater! go Owls! lol!
ww1 looks much better Peter. DK On 8/1/06, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For living in PBA you should be making a TON more...especially when you're > working at such an expensive school. > > I used to have lots of friends that went there. Outrageous how much they > charge. > > <!----------------//------ > andy matthews > web developer > certified advanced coldfusion programmer > ICGLink, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 615.370.1530 x737 > --------------//---------> > > -----Original Message----- > From: PETER SHEATS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:37 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Advanced Developer Average Salary > > > 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:248573 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
