Note that the vast majority of respondents said they've only been doing web development for 1 or 2 years, which will definitely skew the salary numbers down.
On 10/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have only one but very strong response/opinion based on this survey. It > just proves that this line of work has increased in the amount of knowledge > required to do the job but the pay has been significantly descreased as the > overall cost of living has increased dramtically. > > It no longer possible to contribute to 401k plans or save any of your > salary unless you have a inexpensive mortgage and don't live near NYC, New > England or California. > > It's abundantly clear to me that unless you want to live pay check to > paycheck, you need to come up with a business idea that utlizes your skill > sets and grow a business of your own. You could do Web consulting, but the > survey doesn't show great results in that area. I'm talking about creating > a unique product or service that people want and charge a small price and > work on volume or if you idea is extremely hard to compete against, charge a > premium for your product/service. > > There's more tax agvantages being in your own business. As an employee > you spend your money after it's already been taxed. When you're in your own > business, you spend your money related to your business, take the deductions > and then pay taxes. > You can write off your car payment, make it a company car, and expense > meals, travel etc. > > This survey just solidifies the truth that no one get's rich enough to > have an easy life while working for someone else unless you're an executive > or are lucky and likeable to survive a pre-ipo and post ipo company and all > the politics that goes along with a company's maturing process. > > I recently thought that there should be a union created for all Web > related professionals or someone needs to unite the web workers of the world > in the form of a franchise that utilizes a large cummunity of developers to > complete projects in half the time a small shop would or an individual > employee. It would become so cost effective for the customers, the > international volume would seep back into this country and would benefit US > based Web professionals. > > So go ahead, disagree, call me a bonehead, it's just one opinion. I think > developers work very hard for their earnings and have high > expectations. We're the gate keepers to the Web site world and I see us > moving towards becoming a commoditity and it makes me sad. > > I hope you share some similar views and that I'm not just on my own > osolated little planet. 8-) > > >Discuss amongst yourselves. > > > >http://alistapart.com/articles/2007surveyresults/ > > > >____________________________________ > > > >Andy Matthews > >Senior ColdFusion Developer > > > >Office: 877.707.5467 x747 > >Direct: 615.627.9747 > >Fax: 615.467.6249 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >www.dealerskins.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291441 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
