[PLUG] hiring full-time: PHP programmer

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Thu Nov 21 13:22:36 UTC 2002


>>>>> "Preston" == Preston Crawford <prestonc at crawfordsolutions.com> writes:

>> But remember, you get what you pay for.  If you have a site that
>> handles credit cards or private information, do you really want
>> someone who will work for $25/hr to build it?  Sounds like a recipe
>> for disaster, of class-action lawsuit proportions.

Preston> Isn't that around $50k a year? I don't know what you get
Preston> paid, but I don't consier that chump change. I make more, but
Preston> when did we become so greedy that someone willing to take
Preston> that kind of pay would be considered a risk just because they
Preston> were willing to take that kind of pay?

$25/hr+benefits as a salary for an employee (which would be $50k/yr
plus benes) is different from $25/hr as a consultant (which is $25k/yr
minus benes).  I understood this to be a consulting gig, in which case
it's a mighty poor paying consulting gig.

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