All this for 20 bucks an hour...
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
They have got to be kidding!
Depends on where the job's located. That comes to about 45K USD which would be a princely salary in Trivandrum, India where a 3 bed condo in the middle of the city would cost about 60K USD.
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkNow Nish, I said 'bucks', American slang representing a "U.S." dollar. Edit: To be sure, and knowing some will think me myopic, I'm really not concerned nor aware of the pay rates in India.
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Now Nish, I said 'bucks', American slang representing a "U.S." dollar. Edit: To be sure, and knowing some will think me myopic, I'm really not concerned nor aware of the pay rates in India.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Now Nish, I said 'bucks', American slang representing a "U.S." dollar.
Yeah, my calculations were in bucks too. USD 20/hr * 8 hours a day * 23 days a month * 12 months an year = US$ 44, 160. All the figures in my previous post were in USD.
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All that for $20/hr, I don't think so.
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Paul Conrad wrote:
All that for $20/hr, I don't think so.
As I replied to Jerry, it depends on where the job's located. If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India - that'd be an extremely good sum of money.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Now Nish, I said 'bucks', American slang representing a "U.S." dollar.
Yeah, my calculations were in bucks too. USD 20/hr * 8 hours a day * 23 days a month * 12 months an year = US$ 44, 160. All the figures in my previous post were in USD.
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkDuh... Had I meant the pay scale in India I would have said Rupee.
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Paul Conrad wrote:
All that for $20/hr, I don't think so.
As I replied to Jerry, it depends on where the job's located. If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India - that'd be an extremely good sum of money.
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkNish, Some H1-B pee on your Sunday morning pancakes?
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Paul Conrad wrote:
All that for $20/hr, I don't think so.
As I replied to Jerry, it depends on where the job's located. If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India - that'd be an extremely good sum of money.
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkNishant Sivakumar wrote:
If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India
Ditto SE Asia. :-D
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Duh... Had I meant the pay scale in India I would have said Rupee.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Had I meant the pay scale in India I would have said Rupee.
Well, I should have made this clear in my first post - but a lot of Indian salaries are now mentioned in USD :-) Anyway, I got your point - you were talking about a job for a US location. But I was pointing out a corollary that the job could be easily given to a contract developer located in Trivandrum (my home town in India).
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India
Ditto SE Asia. :-D
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Ditto SE Asia.
Yeah, but I am biased towards Trivandrum :-)
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Nish, Some H1-B pee on your Sunday morning pancakes?
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Some H1-B pee on your Sunday morning pancakes?
I don't see why you need to be all sore about this, Jerry.
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Paul Conrad wrote:
All that for $20/hr, I don't think so.
As I replied to Jerry, it depends on where the job's located. If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India - that'd be an extremely good sum of money.
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkNishant Sivakumar wrote:
As I replied to Jerry, it depends on where the job's located. If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India - that'd be an extremely good sum of money.
It isn't and you should not promte it as such. Pardon the two-reply to your post.
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Paul Conrad wrote:
All that for $20/hr, I don't think so.
As I replied to Jerry, it depends on where the job's located. If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India - that'd be an extremely good sum of money.
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkIt can be, just as in the location perspective that you put it. However, here in southern California it would only be good for someone who is in their junior/senior year in college, but not for a degreed (or multi-degreed) professional with 10+ years of experience.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
As I replied to Jerry, it depends on where the job's located. If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India - that'd be an extremely good sum of money.
It isn't and you should not promte it as such. Pardon the two-reply to your post.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
It isn't and you should not promte it as such.
I wouldn't have - but it wasn't 100% obvious from your first post that the job was for a US-specific location. "Buck" is now universally used and is not really restricted to the US$. In addition, international salaries are also quite frequently expressed in US$.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Some H1-B pee on your Sunday morning pancakes?
I don't see why you need to be all sore about this, Jerry.
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkOk... Not sore, per se, but I think it a shame that someone tries to justify a low ball salary and their reasoning is someone else is stupid/pathetic/desperate enough to accept it.
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Ok... Not sore, per se, but I think it a shame that someone tries to justify a low ball salary and their reasoning is someone else is stupid/pathetic/desperate enough to accept it.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Not sore, per se, but I think it a shame that someone tries to justify a low ball salary and their reasoning is someone else is stupid/pathetic/desperate enough to accept it.
How is it stupid/pathetic/desperate to accept a salary that's 4 times the industry average in your home-town?
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It can be, just as in the location perspective that you put it. However, here in southern California it would only be good for someone who is in their junior/senior year in college, but not for a degreed (or multi-degreed) professional with 10+ years of experience.
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Paul Conrad wrote:
It can be, just as in the location perspective that you put it. However, here in southern California it would only be good for someone who is in their junior/senior year in college, but not for a degreed (or multi-degreed) professional with 10+ years of experience.
Yep, I totally agree that it would be an awful salary for anyone living in the States (not just California).
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Ok... Not sore, per se, but I think it a shame that someone tries to justify a low ball salary and their reasoning is someone else is stupid/pathetic/desperate enough to accept it.
"We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information." - Neal Stephenson
Jerry Hammond wrote:
Ok...
By the way, damn you Jerry. You've put me off pan-cakes for a few weeks at least now with all that piss mentioning! :rolleyes:
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
As I replied to Jerry, it depends on where the job's located. If it is a remote contract job and the candidate lives in Trivandrum, India - that'd be an extremely good sum of money.
It isn't and you should not promte it as such. Pardon the two-reply to your post.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
you should not promte it
Where is this particular job located? That could air out this discussion a bit...
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Must have strong knowledge of the following: -Microsoft Windows Operating Systems from 98 to Vista -Microsoft Office Suites especially Outlook -Windows security model, including NTFS file system, User Rights, Services, and Active Directory objects -Configure and manage corporate MS server systems (Exchange, Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, print servers, system imaging, etc.) -Anti-Virus / Anti-spam / Anti-Spy ware services -Symantec Ghost is a must They have got to be kidding!
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A sign of where things are going. :(
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Paul Conrad wrote:
It can be, just as in the location perspective that you put it. However, here in southern California it would only be good for someone who is in their junior/senior year in college, but not for a degreed (or multi-degreed) professional with 10+ years of experience.
Yep, I totally agree that it would be an awful salary for anyone living in the States (not just California).
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkLike I just asked Jerry, where is it located? If in a major metropolitan area, it would bite, but if the job is located in a rural U.S. area, then it could be a starting point. Again, the bottom line is location :)
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Had I meant the pay scale in India I would have said Rupee.
Well, I should have made this clear in my first post - but a lot of Indian salaries are now mentioned in USD :-) Anyway, I got your point - you were talking about a job for a US location. But I was pointing out a corollary that the job could be easily given to a contract developer located in Trivandrum (my home town in India).
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkI'm yet to see a job offering in India where the employer pays in USD.
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