Re: [flexcoders] Poll: Flex developer US$ rate?

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:12:56 -0800

Heh, have you tried free Jesse? :-) I knocked out a few solid free one's in my early days to get something on there then was doing full database driven sites for $500. :-) Its all about the portfolio when contracting until you get your name out there and solid.

On 11/18/05, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Besides, kind of hard to ask for $300 an hour when you have... oh, NOTHING
on your resume to prove yo don't suck.  I'll do whatever it takes to
succeed, and if that meant taking jack money to get some cool projects on my
resume, so be it.  Today, I don't need anymore, but back then, I'd seriously
question wtf else you expected me to do.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Beynart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 12:17 PM
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Poll: Flex developer US$ rate?


Jesse, $20/hr is what I pay people to dig holes in my yard! Anyone in
the US with development skills working for that is depressing the market
and seriously shortchanging themselves.

Since FLEX is aimed directly at the enterprise market and is
fundamentally a presentation-tier platform, you could use Java/.NET UI
developer rates as a rough guide. As I investigate the FLEX market, it
appears to be closely tied to the Java market since many Java guys are
adopting FLEX. I just took a FLEX class where I was the only Flash guy
in a room full of Java people, and the assumption was that a FLEX
developer would have deep Java experience.

As one of the "old school Flash guys", I see FLEX paying more than Flash
development for someone who knows AS2.0 inside and out. Flash seems to
top out at about $85 an hour for contract in the US on large projects,
and Flex trumps that just in the few jobs I have looked at (for the NYC
area).

Of course salary is a whole other beast, and I have no experience there
due to my allergy to W2 forms.

Tim



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