Now that you brought up the subject. What is the going rate for contracting work in Brisbane for a CF developer (with lots of other talent ;-)?
> Another CFer (from Bris) was saying to me that contractor rates in > Brisbane suck, and things don't appear drastically different in the rest > of the country. This got me thinking .......... > > Kinda depressing for a career development point of view. I've been doing > fairly low-level programming tasks in CF in this job for 18 months. > (Despite the tone of that sentence, I still seriously love my job - no, > I'm quite serious !). The natural step is to improve my CF programming > skills, at least as soon as the company finally decides whether to > purchase 5 or MX. > > But I look at the number of apparently highly qualified and capable > programmers already out there, and the outrageous requirements for little > return in those cfjob ads (like "expert programmer in CF, ASP, SQL, and > ten different other things wanted for 4 weeks contract work in central > northern Queensland, must pay own relocation expenses"), and think, "is it > worth trying to progress?" . Perhaps I should do as my wife suggests, and > study pharmacy for a medium term career change! > > Not that I want a change just yet, but the truism of continuous education > is particularly sharp in IT. > > Thoughts ? Ravings ? --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
