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Re: Need Java/J2EE Developer

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On 12/08/2015 20:14, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> On 8/12/15 12:08 PM, e.d.programmer@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 2:20:25 PM UTC-4, Eternal Hope wrote:
>>> $50.00 an hour?
>>>
>>> Are you taking the piss
>>>
>>> I'll do it for $150.00 an hour, 6 weeks paid holiday a year, company
>>> car, luxury apartment and a couple of chicks not over 22 (apologies to
>>> Ry Cooder)
>>
>> In my town $50 an hour is good, or used to be.  I'm not sure how much
>> that is these days if you have to buy your own health insurance.  I'm
>> not sure what the cost of living is like in Jersey City, but it does
>> sound rather low for the qualifications they're listing.
>>
> Good compared to the town is different than good compared to the job
> market.  $150 is on the very-high high end for a Java developer though,
> being $312k/yr  You're more likely to get $50-$100 + benefits, depending
> on the level of experience and contribution expected.
>
> Assuming 40hr/week, $50/hr is equivalent to $104k/yr, which is what I
> would offer a senior/lead level engineer.  Eg someone who can take high
> level requirements, work out a design that fits it all together. Someone
> who can work directly with customers and product designers to ensure the
> problems being solved are the right ones to solve, and they are solved
> the right way.
>
> For $150/hr, I would expect someone who doesn't actually touch code at
> all, but instead knows the CEO of the company, and doesn't actually do
> any work.  Unless of course they're a lawyer, in which case that's a
> discounted rate by far ;-)

Jeez you guys are *so* intense :-)


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Need  Java/J2EE Developer Godha K <godha.recruiter@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 07:46 -0700
  Re: Need  Java/J2EE Developer Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 19:20 +0100
    Re: Need  Java/J2EE Developer e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-08-12 12:08 -0700
      Re: Need  Java/J2EE Developer Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2015-08-12 12:14 -0700
        Re: Need  Java/J2EE Developer Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 20:34 +0100
        Re: Need  Java/J2EE Developer Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 20:37 +0100
        Re: Need Java/J2EE Developer Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-12 20:19 -0400
    Re: Need Java/J2EE Developer Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-12 20:08 -0400

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