Comment redacted. Please do not comment on it any more it is off topic and has no place on a technical mailing list. My apologies for any impassioned diatribes and rants that this may have sparked. It was not my intention in the least, nor is this the venue for such discourse. My bad, G!
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Mark A. Kruger <[email protected]>wrote: > > Gerald, > > I'm not sure that those 14mil out work are developers. That market is still > pretty tight. > > -Mark > > Mark Kruger - CFG > CF Webtools > www.cfwebtools.com > www.coldfusionmuse.com > O: 402.408.3733 x105 > E: [email protected] > Skype: markakruger > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald Guido [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:12 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: 20USD/Hour Seriously? > > > Not to start a flame war But there are 14 million ppl out of work in the > US. > Many who have been out of a job for over a year. > > I would imagine there are a few CF'ers/PHP'ers/Insert your stack here, etc. > who have been out of work long enough to be hurting enough to take any work > that they can get. I have been there even in good economic times when I was > self employed. > > To quote Bob and Doug, $10 is $10 eh? > > I agree with Sean and Matt but there are others that are not as fortunate > to > have a CV as impressive as theirs. > > Flame on Garth, > G! > > My $0.02 and worth every penny > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Sean Corfield > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Steve 'Cutter' Blades > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Yes, I saw that cf-jobs post. The guy has posted fairly often in the > > past, pushing himself as an experienced CFer for various rates i.r.o. > > $20/hour. > > > > Consulting groups tend to go in between $150/hour and $200/hour - > > sometimes even more - and even with their cut, $85/hour is about the > > least I've seen good CFers getting that way... more usually they get > > over $100/hour. > > > > > Good CF devs are a valuable commodity. Great (available) CF devs a rare > > > commodity. Don't sell yourself, and everyone else, short. > > > > Absolutely. Accepting a below market rate devalues everyone's work. > > -- > > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ > > Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://www.getrailo.com/ > > > > "Perfection is the enemy of the good." > > -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:347630 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
