Ok, just to keep everyone up to date, based on interviews to date, the going rate for a 6 month contract with someone with a solid php/developer background/graduate degree in IT right now seems to top out out $60/hr based on a 6 month contract. A HOT flash programmer, "may" get up to $100 an hour for a short term assignment.
Everyone seems to be SUPER hot on javascript/ajax/css integration applications. The browser has become the boss. Some of the gui work I'm seeing is MIND blowing. Flash is used sparingly, but EVERYONE uses the flash player to deliver video. Mood in most offices? Not anywhere as excited as the boom, but based on the world today, I can understand it. Most folks seem a bit grumpy and just happy to be employed. That WOW, we're going to change the world spark seems to have dimmed a bit, but who knows, I'm still optimistic. PS, outsourced to India, php rates start at about $10 per hour. A NYC union electrician/plumber is about $85/hr. My NYU surgeon is $250/$350 per follow-up visit, she seems to see 2/3 patients an hour. Surgery is about $16,000 - $22,000 for every hour under the knife. A NYC hospital stay is $10,000/ night - includes fruit salad. :-) In other words, a good health insurance policy is probably worth it no matter what the cost. yipes! -ed -- the Blog: http://www.utopiaparkway.com the Karma: http://www.coderswithconscience.com the Projects: http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ the Store: http://astore.amazon.com/httpwwwutopic-20 _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
