It’s not where you live. That used to be IBMs way to not pay for the skill set
Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb > On Feb 17, 2026, at 14:31, Jousma, David > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steve, > > I don’t know what part of the country you are in, but if you are asking for > $120/hr W2, that’s $250K a year based on 2080 hours. That kind of coin > might be normal in NYC, or LAX, but pretty much everywhere else that’s > overpaid. $120-$150K/year is reasonable, which on the high-end is close to > $72/hr. More power to you if you can get it. I realize you have to cover > your own medical, and IRA as a self employed contractor. > > > _______________________________ > Dave Jousma > Vice President | Director, Platform Engineering > Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | Grand Rapids, MI 49546 > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of > Steve Beaver <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Interesting > > CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL > This message came from outside your organization. > DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected > emails. > Report > Suspicious<https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/MwwqYLOC6b6whF7V!rROKV5EpbsBPP4fXwtiAVJ90e0EDabFAWtfyTMjZhgXDMg3SIQqeVafYtB5HVXmFgZaxur8HpeXZPAQsIZuwl503fzLaib5IeXKMg9zhQyg$> > > > Since there are so few of us all the Indian recruiters are starving and the > companies are learning that they need to come way up or hire Kyndral at > $200/Hr > > > > S > > > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be > privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you > receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in > any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, > distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please > reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was > misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your > assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
