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These kids coming right out of school might have the right skill
set but they aren't going to be happy if they are paid less than their
buddies who go into the commercial world. They come in wanting to get a
foot in the door but soon realize that museums expect 24/7 service for
not a lot
It is a bit sad to be reminded again that the content is valued so
little relative to the programming. However, I fear that in regards to
programming, the axiom that you get what you pay for is correct. The
one exception might be in providing such an exciting opportunity that
folks consider
] On Behalf Of
Ari Davidow
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:33 AM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] programmer salaries
We're having a bit of an argument here about appropriate salaries for
programming staff. We are considering hiring our first developer. The
internal argument goes something like
I'm not sure if there is a definitive guide to programmer salaries but
articles like this might help:
http://esj.com/Enterprise/article.aspx?EditorialsID=2052.
As for the internal argument -- in an egalitarian world where everything
is equal, that might be true but the reality in our area (for
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-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ari
Davidow
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 9:33 AM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] programmer salaries
We're
We don't use monster.com to hire but its a fairly good tool to figure out what
the state of the job market is for situations like this. You can use
monster.com to search for programmer postings in Boston and then filter by
salary range - you won't get (m)any for what you're looking to offer.
I'd parrot much of what had already been said with the following additions:
- If you go for the low end of the range, you're going to get someone
who does simply what you tell them to do. If you're at a museum, I'm
going to assert that you probably only partially know that answer,
and whoever
On 2/2/07, Holly Witchey hwitchey at clevelandart.org wrote:
Oh, these kinds of inquiries make me so sad.
There's a good basic rule in this--You Get What You Pay For.
This is so true. In some respects we are better than many non-profits and
are certainly interested in doing better. But we
We're having a bit of an argument here about appropriate salaries for
programming staff. We are considering hiring our first developer. The
internal argument goes something like, this person is just out of school
and we can't pay him as much as someone with a Masters - ie, we can't pay
as much as
