[LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Jim Thompson
Honolulu does not rank well on this: http://www.delatores.com/blog/default.aspx?id=14t=Top-10-Best-Worst- Cities-For-Software While Honolulu ranks fourth from the top in raw salary levels, when adjusted for cost of living, Honolulu ranks *dead last*. Perhaps Lingle should do something

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 22:04 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: Honolulu does not rank well on this: http://www.delatores.com/blog/default.aspx?id=14t=Top-10-Best-Worst- Cities-For-Software While Honolulu ranks fourth from the top in raw salary levels, when adjusted for cost of living, Honolulu

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Julian Yap
Out of interests sake, this is what you get when you sort by the Cost of Living column. Top 10: CitySalary --- San Francisco $92,570 206 $ 44,937 San Jose$99,250 192 $ 51,693 Oakland $92,570 180 $ 51,428 San Diego

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Jim Thompson
On Mar 18, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Julian Yap wrote: Out of interests sake, this is what you get when you sort by the Cost of Living column. Top 10: CitySalary --- San Francisco $92,570 206 $ 44,937 San Jose$99,250 192 $ 51,693

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Ben Timmerman
At 01:27 am Monday 07 03 19, Jim Thompson wrote: On Mar 18, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Julian Yap wrote: Out of interests sake, this is what you get when you sort by the Cost of Living column. Top 10: CitySalary --- San Francisco $92,570 206 $

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Stan Baptista
Why does Hawaii pay so little when the cost of living is so high? For better or worse the answer comes down to: Because it can. Also called the price of paradise. I asked this question when I came back home after being away for 30 years and making a living as a software engineer in the Boston

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Antonio Querubin
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007, Julian Yap wrote: The figure that sticks out like a sore thumb is that Honolulu pays at least $14,000 LESS than the next lowest raw salary in the top 10. Why does Hawaii pay so little when the cost of living is so high? No big mystery or conspiracy. Might want to pick

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Jim Thompson
On Mar 19, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Stan Baptista wrote: Why does Hawaii pay so little when the cost of living is so high? For better or worse the answer comes down to: Because it can. Also called the price of paradise. I asked this question when I came back home after being away for 30

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Stan Baptista
Yet Lingle is making noise about getting Hawaii competitive, Operative word: noise. Basically, if you don't like it, don't let the door hit your butt on your way to San Francisco (or, I guess, Houston;-) expletive that noise. I'm here and staying. Who the expletive are you to

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Jim Thompson
On Mar 19, 2007, at 4:56 PM, Stan Baptista wrote: Yet Lingle is making noise about getting Hawaii competitive, Operative word: noise. Basically, if you don't like it, don't let the door hit your butt on your way to San Francisco (or, I guess, Houston;-) expletive that noise. I'm here and

[LUAU] Ian Murdock’s Weblog » Joining Sun

2007-03-19 Thread Jim Thompson
Ian Murdock (the Ian in Debian) has gone to work at Sun Microsystems. http://ianmurdock.com/2007/03/19/joining-sun It is with regrets that I leave the Linux Foundation, but if you haven’t figured out already, Sun is a company I’ve always loved, and being a part of it was an opportunity I