Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Gary Smith
Javier Leyba wrote: How could I make same calculation for a London salary ? A very rough calculation is to take what they're offering, and then take 30% off that (tax, pension, etc) - it's usually somewhere around 30%, but it's not an exact science (depends on stuff like tax credits and

Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Stut
Javier Leyba wrote: How could I calculate a month net salary ? In Spain, the offered year salary could be divided in 12 or 14 payments (in this case you´ll receive a duble payment in july and december). To know how much will receive in your hands each month you need to divide year salary by

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Jochem Maas
Daniel Brown wrote: On 6/14/07, Colin Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris wrote: Hi Javier, ... Shit, *I* need to move to London, Spain, or Germany. As the senior PHP/Unix geek in my company (not a senior, the senior), I only make a salary of $31,200 with barely any benefits.

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Christian Hänsel
Hi Zoltan That is just about what I am getting here (1380 net). And I am by far not a professional. It's just enuff to make a living. And I pay 350 for my rent. And then all the other crap *g* Well, back when I was self employed, I could easily sell a site for 8000 to 1 Euros... but

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Zoltán Németh
2007. 06. 14, csütörtök keltezéssel 10.41-kor Javier Leyba ezt írta: For living in London you would need at the lower end 35k but why would you want to come and live in London from Spain ? If I had the choice I know where I would choose. I couldn't imagine why you like Spain but...

Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Javier Leyba
Hi Thanks for all comments. My last question (I promise *g*). Could you please tell me how much money could I spend paying gas, electricity, phone, internet, etc... It could give an idea about how much money of my salary will fly away monthly :) Thanks in advance J

Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Stut
Javier Leyba wrote: Thanks for all comments. My last question (I promise *g*). Could you please tell me how much money could I spend paying gas, electricity, phone, internet, etc... It could give an idea about how much money of my salary will fly away monthly :) Did you Google at all

Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Javier Leyba
Did you Google at all before you posted your initial question? http://www.workgateways.com/working-cost-of- living.html Says it was last updated in June, but the flat rental prices seem a bit on the low side to me. The rest looks about right tho. Thanks Be sure I use Google. I've

Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Sancar Saran
It seems most php developers around the world are in famine. Herding lambs and raising cucumbers far more feasable than creating php based sites... Sancar -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Christian Hänsel
On the weekends, I get to maintain my own websites, do research, satisfy the needs of my girl, learn new stuff (like JS right now *yikes*)... damned, I can't wait til September when I get TWO WEEKS OFF :oD -- - I submit my stuff @ weberdev.com Jason

Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Jason Pruim
You get weekends off? THAT'S IT! I'm calling my union rep!!! Oh wait.. I don't have one... My SMALL 4 person company is joining a union! :P -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Christian Hänsel
That is oh so true. But why are we doing this? Cause we like to think and work hard, be brain-dead by the end of the day, drink coffee by the hectoliters and get no applause at all from our bosses (at least my boss doesn't ´know what the heck I am doing here all day long). God, I love

Re: [PHP] RE: London PHP salaries

2007-06-15 Thread Daniel Brown
On 6/15/07, Christian Hänsel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the weekends, I get to maintain my own websites, do research, satisfy the needs of my girl, learn new stuff (like JS right now *yikes*)... damned, I can't wait til September when I get TWO WEEKS OFF :oD --

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Gary Smith
Joker7 wrote: For living in London you would need at the lower end 35k but why would you want to come and live in London from Spain ? If I had the choice I know where I would choose. Indeed. It might also be worth pointing out that you'd be utterly fruitloop to consider getting a central

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Shafiq Rehman
Hi, You can get a rough idea from http://www.totaljobs.com/JobSearch/Results.aspx?Keywords=php+mysql -- Shafiq Rehman (ZCE) http://www.phpgurru.com | http://shafiq.pk Cell: +92 300 423 9385 On 6/14/07, Gary Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joker7 wrote: For living in London you would need at

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Chris
Hi Javier, well, in germany (at least what I have seen so far)... the min offer was around 23k. I get about that money myself, and I live really cheap, with a cheap car (cheapest you can get), and a girlfriend who doesn't need or want much. So if you have a family, in a town like London: go

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On 6/14/07, Colin Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris wrote: Hi Javier, well, in germany (at least what I have seen so far)... the min offer was around 23k. I get about that money myself, and I live really cheap, with a cheap car (cheapest you can get), and a girlfriend who doesn't need

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Richard Heyes
Daniel Brown wrote: 15,844.62 GBP Wow. There are Customer Service jobs that pay more. Seriously, you need to re-evaluate your skills and worth to your company. -- Richard Heyes 0844 801 1072 http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software -- PHP General Mailing

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Chris
Daniel My net (after taxes) are about 22k. So you better think twice before moving to germany ;o) Chris Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 6/14/07, Colin Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris wrote: Hi Javier, well, in germany (at least

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On 6/14/07, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel My net (after taxes) are about 22k. So you better think twice before moving to germany ;o) Chris Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 6/14/07, Colin Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris wrote: Hi

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Chris
Nope, that is Euros. But imagine that i pay 250 for my car each month, 330 for rent, then I have a girlfriend who lives an hour away... gosh, that little bit of money is going down like the titanic *g* Been thinking of selling some scripts of mine on the internet tho to make some more... let's

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On 6/14/07, Richard Heyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Brown wrote: 15,844.62 GBP Wow. There are Customer Service jobs that pay more. Seriously, you need to re-evaluate your skills and worth to your company. -- Richard Heyes 0844 801 1072 http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Joker7
In news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Javier Leyba wrote : For living in London you would need at the lower end 35k but why would you want to come and live in London from Spain ? If I had the choice I know where I would choose. I couldn't imagine why you like Spain but... Just check out Spain

Re: [PHP] Re: London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On 6/14/07, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope, that is Euros. But imagine that i pay 250 for my car each month, 330 for rent, then I have a girlfriend who lives an hour away... gosh, that little bit of money is going down like the titanic *g* Been thinking of selling some scripts of mine on