> Agent's commissions are usually pretty high as well, 'cos they can get > away with it when the job market is not tight. I have heard of an agent > recently charging a company $57 dollars p/hr for a good Flash Developer > friend of mine (MM Flash MX certified), and paying him $40 p/hr. $17 > p/hr, quite a good commission for the agent. Needless to say, my friend > he as annoyed when he found out. That is not high or unreasonable - its close to the standard recruitment commission (20%). This is not some big conspiracy to rip off developers.
If you are a developer & you don't like the commission structure - go knocking on doors instead of answering agency ads. If you're an employer & you don't like it - put the ad out yourself. No one *needs* an agent, but they manage to stay in business somehow - probably because they are seen to be worth their %. >How much do you pay for a plumber is Sydney? More that $40ph I'm sure. Plumbers are skilled tradesmen who have to invest a lot in their materials. Also a plumber has usually done several years of apprenticeship for next to nothing. Is your average AS coder more or less skilled than your average plumber? Traditional thinking is that blue collar workers are less educated than white collar workers & as such should be paid less. How many [web developers|plumbers] are qualified? How many are self taught? Does this "less educated" analogy still work? As for "Flash ACTIONSCRIPT developer $25-$30ph (1 to 2 week contract)" I think that's on the low side, but if you don't want it don't take it. Sorry for the rant, but I refuse to pay homage to this "they get it so easy, why I'm so hard done by" attitude. Get super good at all aspects of what you do and then go pound the pavement & *sell* yourself as an asset & make sure you bring value. If you are good & persistent you will get good work at good rates. If you constantly go through the traditional channels and queue up for jobs with 50 other people and are unable to differentiate yourself you're going to have to take what you can get. I know James & I know that he is self motivated, innovative & knowledgeable. I think his idea of "I prefer to go direct to company or client, word of mouth etc etc." will pay off for him. One other point - TAFE (NSW) are crying out for IT & multimedia instructors @45 ph. There are more avenues than just the classifieds in the Saturday paper..... I'm not flaming anyone where - this is meant to be a positive email - its just something I feel strongly about. Cheers Mark ______________ Mark Stanton Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 9956 6388 Mob: 0410 458 201 Fax: 9956 8433 http://www.gruden.com --- You are currently subscribed to fugli as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
