Ash wrote:
...
That's our experience as well. We've been trying to hire a developer
since the beginning of the year with no luck. We used a headhunter
service for a while who told us "Unemployment in the tech sector in
Utah County is 0.2%". I don't know if that stat is accurate, but
every one of the candidates they supplied for interview already had
jobs--most weren't even looking for jobs--and we certainly haven't
had a lot of answers to our posts.
- Ken
What are you looking for developer wise, and what are you paying?
Ashley
Yah, that could be a problem. We are hiring for "PHP Coder" (or some
more flowery version of that title) with target experience of 1-2 years
and offering $40k - 55k DOE. That seems pretty reasonable for Utah
County, no? It seems definitely not high enough for the current
shortage, but not unreasonable.
I think one thing that is difficult about setting PHP salary is that
certifications and specific schoolwork is the standard for .NET and Java
but not so much in PHP. In my mind about 2-3 years business experience
in PHP would merit "programmer starting pay" of around $50k. Likewise,
a developer certified in a language having no business experience would
maybe start at $50k. Am I way off base?
- Ken
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