He may have been referring to a poster to the cf-jobs list, who offered their services (and claimed better than average knowledge) at $20/hr. Horrific when someone undervalues their services so much. Even worse when they undervalue everyone else's by making a post like that.
Good CF devs are a valuable commodity. Great (available) CF devs a rare commodity. Don't sell yourself, and everyone else, short. Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Community Professional Adobe Certified Expert Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer ____________ http://cutterscrossing.com Co-Author "Learning Ext JS 3.2" Packt Publishing 2010 https://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js-3-2-for-building-dynamic-desktop-style-user-interfaces/book "The best way to predict the future is to help create it" On 9/22/2011 12:11 PM, David McGuigan wrote: > Ok just wondering, because this is how I read that post: > > "Hey guys I found a CF job for $20 an hour :( :( :( I can't effing believe > that every CF job on Earth doesn't pay AT LEAST 1 Million Dollars per hour. > This is stupid right? ColdFusion is stupid now right?" > > But I get that you're sincere. > > You could always not take that job and look for something $$$ier. > > I personally know some full time students that work at CF jobs that start at > $13 an hour, and some pros that work at salaried gigs that equate to about > $70 an hour. > > Depending on what project you're working on, who you're working for, and > your talent/productivity level, your pay will vary wildly. In pretty much > every industry and career on Earth. That's just life my friend. > > If you find that you're not earning as much as you'd like, upgrade yourself. > Education, work ethic, a focus on technique. The world is your oyster and so > forth! > > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Phillip Vector > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> No trollage was intended. Seriously. >> >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:50 AM, David McGuigan<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Is it just me or does this post smell of trollage? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Phillip Vector >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> IMHO, you get what you pay for. I've talked with several clients who >>>> hired at $20/hr or even less. I'm usually called in to clean up the >>>> mess at my standard rate ($50/hr) and they almost always don't bat an >>>> eye paying it having learned their lesson. >>>> >>>> I will admit though... I HAVE done work for $20/hr. But only if the >>>> extras (how fun it will be to code it, free trips to seminars, etc) >>>> make it worth it. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Integration Developer >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I'm bit confused why so cheap? Just 6 months ago I was hiring out at >>>> 50-75USD/hour. >>>>> If this is typical cf-jobs side work rate now I am disappointed. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347622 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
