The multiple jobs brings up a very interesting discussion. You can make more money occupying multiple job types, but is it possible to be a great ColdFusion programmer if you have too much responsibility doing other stuff? For those of you who do concentrate on ColdFusion solely, should that not be reflected? Thing about how much you need to know to be a highly effective ColdFusion programmer and web developer:
ColdFusion, ColdSpring, Reactor, Flex 2.0, Web Services, AJAX, SPRY, MVC, Model-Glue (and Unity), Java, SQL, Database Design, Javascript, DHTML, CSS... These are the hot topics that I could just name off the top of my head. My point here is that ColdFusion and web development can be done "to get it working" or it can be done at an "expert level". Part of the beauty of ColdFusion is the super small learning curve. But, in my opinion, you can never be an expert if you split your responsibilities between it and anything else. So I guess this begs the question, is being an expert in ColdFusion and Web Development less valuable than being just "good" at different jobs? I have NO answers for this... I am neither an expert, nor am among the higher paying jobs in the survey. It's just very interesting to me. ....................... Ben Nadel Web Developer Nylon Technology 350 7th Avenue Floor 10 New York, NY 10001 212.691.1134 x 14 212.691.3477 fax www.nylontechnology.com "Some people call me the space cowboy. Some people call me the gangster of love." -----Original Message----- From: Richard Dillman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:20 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Unofficial CF Developer Salary Survey I think your right on the money with the Multiple Jobs. I cant think of anyone who could float as a CF developer that wasnt also a fairly decient SQL/DBA And/Or a Decient layout and Design person. And I do charge About $15 an hour more for SQL/DBA stuff than i do for the CFML, and $25 an hour more for Graphics/Photography. So im thinking $100k+/- in Indianapolis is just about right overall. <pst of the designers i know are making at or just below that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:248617 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
