Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 11:41 -0700, Greg Maruszeczka wrote: > On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:35:10 -0400 > "Daniel Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 9/5/07, Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well $2,500 is $2,500... no arguing that. But 6 years ago you'd have > > > gotten about $40,0

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Daniel Brown
On 9/5/07, Greg Maruszeczka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You won't fit in very well with a mapleleaf on your face...er...except > maybe in Toronto :) Fair enough, in this case. On 8/31/07, Greg Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Title: Web Applications Developer > > Open August 30, 2007, > > Cl

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Greg Maruszeczka
On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:35:10 -0400 "Daniel Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/5/07, Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well $2,500 is $2,500... no arguing that. But 6 years ago you'd have > > gotten about $40,000 and that certainly made a BIG difference :) > > Here, here. >

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Daniel Brown
On 9/5/07, Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well $2,500 is $2,500... no arguing that. But 6 years ago you'd have > gotten about $40,000 and that certainly made a BIG difference :) Here, here. Don't worry, though soon that $50k Canadian will transfer to $84k+ American. At

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 14:03 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote: > On 9/5/07, Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > I don't think the currency matters very much anymore... you get $1.05 on > > the American dollar these days. It's not like 6 years ago where you got > > around a $1.80 :) > >

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Daniel Brown
On 9/5/07, Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > I don't think the currency matters very much anymore... you get $1.05 on > the American dollar these days. It's not like 6 years ago where you got > around a $1.80 :) Until you think about the fact that the $0.05 difference on the

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 09:47 -0400, Dan Shirah wrote: > I personally think it sounds like a pretty fun job with a lot of potential. > Even if you don't get hired on as staff after the contract is up, you're > still potentially walking away with: > 1 - Some excellent business contacts > 2 - First han

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Greg Gay
Dan Shirah wrote: >My only question is.is that $50,000 Canadian dollars or American? :) > > > It's in Canadian dollars. Though there's not much difference between Canadian and American dollars any more. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.p

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Dan Shirah
I personally think it sounds like a pretty fun job with a lot of potential. Even if you don't get hired on as staff after the contract is up, you're still potentially walking away with: 1 - Some excellent business contacts 2 - First hand experience in developing their new applications 3 - More mark

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 09:18 -0400, Greg Gay wrote: > > http://atrc.utoronto.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=26&Itemid=109 VRML... it makes me cry how it never came to be as popular as it could have been. Cheers, Rob. -- ..

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread Greg Gay
Some people just have to whine. It's too bad people on this list have to put up with this behaviour. We do have a position available for someone who wants to work, and climb the ladder into what could be a lifelong career working with a leading edge group of developers. It is a foot in the door p

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-05 Thread mlists
A university, which hypes the need for an education, charges a fortune for it (causing people to go into massive debt to get it), and then turns around an offers less than a living wage is hypocritical. "Becoming university staff takes a couple years, after which salaries are competivitive with t

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-04 Thread tedd
At 4:05 PM -0400 9/4/07, Robert Cummings wrote: On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 14:28 -0400, Greg Gay wrote: > Rob/mlists So, you can get that much? :-) I knew my MSc would pay off some day. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP Genera

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-04 Thread Robert Cummings
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 14:28 -0400, Greg Gay wrote: > Rob/mlists > > You're certainly not encouraging PHP programmers to get involved with > paid open source projects. That's a guaranteed $50,000 a yr, a little > low perhaps by industry standards, but it is a reasonable starting rate, > and gets yo

[Fwd: Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required]

2007-09-04 Thread Greg Gay
Rob/mlists You're certainly not encouraging PHP programmers to get involved with paid open source projects. That's a guaranteed $50,000 a yr, a little low perhaps by industry standards, but it is a reasonable starting rate, and gets your foot in the door. You should have a look at who the employe

Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required

2007-09-03 Thread tedd
At 4:45 PM -0400 9/3/07, Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 14:38 -0400, tedd wrote: At 1:47 PM -0400 9/3/07, mlists wrote: >Wow! > >Spend $100K on a university degree in computer science, work >successfully for five years with all the major technologies, and then >get paid $25 p

Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required

2007-09-03 Thread Robert Cummings
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 14:38 -0400, tedd wrote: > At 1:47 PM -0400 9/3/07, mlists wrote: > >Wow! > > > >Spend $100K on a university degree in computer science, work > >successfully for five years with all the major technologies, and then > >get paid $25 per hour? > > You can really get that much?

Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required

2007-09-03 Thread Robert Cummings
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 13:47 -0400, mlists wrote: > Wow! > > Spend $100K on a university degree in computer science, work > successfully for five years with all the major technologies, and then > get paid $25 per hour? The poster didn't mention anything about being competent. > My auto mechanic c

Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required

2007-09-03 Thread tedd
At 1:47 PM -0400 9/3/07, mlists wrote: Wow! Spend $100K on a university degree in computer science, work successfully for five years with all the major technologies, and then get paid $25 per hour? You can really get that much? Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstone

Re: [PHP] PHP Developer Required

2007-09-03 Thread mlists
Wow! Spend $100K on a university degree in computer science, work successfully for five years with all the major technologies, and then get paid $25 per hour? My auto mechanic charges an average of $99 per hour. Sounds like a great deal for the university. Maybe the successful candidate can wo

[PHP] PHP Developer Required

2007-08-31 Thread Greg Gay
Title: Web Applications Developer Open August 30, 2007, Closing September 14, 2007 Formal Education: University Degree in computer science/engineering or related discipline Employer: University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, Description: Under