I'm looking to hire a "junior" programmer.
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First: I hate my boss and am looking to move to another job because he micro-manages me, and knows nothing about programming. Second: He's one of my best friends, and I don't want to leave him in the lurch. Third: As I am older, and with the pandemic raging, and the way people drive in New Orleans, I could die at any time. Having said that, I have gotten him to agree to hire some younger programmer, so that that guy and I could do some"Team Programming" together, and I could teach him my code, and he could eventually take over, when I die or get a new job, whichever comes first. The job would pay around 35K per year. The program is written is VB6, but if I could find someone that is familiar with VB.Net getting him up to speed would be easy. So, two questions. Do you think I have a chance of finding someone at that pay level, since 60K to 65K if the going rate here, for really experienced programmers? Second question, is there a particular web site that I should use? In other words, where do you go when looking for a job? Any help, that doesn't criticize VB6 (I started writing this program in 1980), would be sincerely appreciated.
Repo man
Youch! Tall order. * Half of normal pay. * Micromanaging boss. * Dead language * Must live in or move to New Orleans * Must want to stay with the dead language and the grumpy boss for long term support. I'd say this was impossible. You might want to point this out to your boss, just before asking for a big raise.
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First: I hate my boss and am looking to move to another job because he micro-manages me, and knows nothing about programming. Second: He's one of my best friends, and I don't want to leave him in the lurch. Third: As I am older, and with the pandemic raging, and the way people drive in New Orleans, I could die at any time. Having said that, I have gotten him to agree to hire some younger programmer, so that that guy and I could do some"Team Programming" together, and I could teach him my code, and he could eventually take over, when I die or get a new job, whichever comes first. The job would pay around 35K per year. The program is written is VB6, but if I could find someone that is familiar with VB.Net getting him up to speed would be easy. So, two questions. Do you think I have a chance of finding someone at that pay level, since 60K to 65K if the going rate here, for really experienced programmers? Second question, is there a particular web site that I should use? In other words, where do you go when looking for a job? Any help, that doesn't criticize VB6 (I started writing this program in 1980), would be sincerely appreciated.
Repo man
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Believe me, I get it.
Repo Man
I'm saying for $35k anyone you're going to get will either be a hopeless loser or someone taking a job because they're desperate for something in the short term and will be gone for greener pa$tures within a year or two. While I understand preferring to have someone local to make training easier; if that's all your boss can afford your only hope of getting someone qualified and willing to stay is to outsource to somewhere in Elbonia where $35k is a lot of money.
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Yes.
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Yes, crescentradiator.com
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Not as of now, but subject to change.
Bepo Man
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Sponsor a foreigner for an H1 visa or green card. A programmer wishing to come to the USA from a developing country will jump at the chance, and then will be beholden to you for years, as he waits for his visa, immigration status, etc. to be finalized. I know this: I immigrated from England (not a developing country, but I did it for a chick, not a job!). It took me five years before I got a green card; I'm sure that gives you ample time to make the transition.
Definitely something to think about.
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I'd try posting on craigslist. Maybe find someone without formal education and needs experience.
Go to ParentDefinitely something to think about. Also, you're the first one to suggest an actual place to look.:thumbsup:
Repo Man
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Because VB6 has been "dead" for so long (yes, I know it isn't really dead yet) you will struggle to get experienced staff - and if you do manage to find someone then they either won't be "junior" OR won't be as knowledgeable about VB6 as they claim to be. My second-from-last contract was with VB6 and I got to charge 25k over the going rate because of my knowledge and experience of VB6 (and VB3 - just don't ask). I got the job through my professional networking. I'd be very wary of using any of the "hire a programmer here" websites - quality is not guaranteed. If it was me, I would reach out to 2 or 3 recruitment agencies using something like LinkedIn to identity them. Or as others have said, use this as an opportunity to rewrite to .NET - you probably still won't get the expertise at that pay grade but an opportunity to bring a junior up to speed, who is likely to have used VB.NET or C# at college/Uni.
If any more jobs like that come open and you don't want it, let me know.
Wishful thinking.
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While I agree with other commenters that you won't get anyone good with any experience for that price tag, you might try hiring a recent high school graduate that went to vocational school (Technical Education) for programming and expect to direct him to self train on VB.net and take some of your time learning to code. Not to put a damper on your ideas, but we just had to pay 120K for someone with an AD who tested extremely well and so far seems very bright.
Dave B
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Youch! Tall order. * Half of normal pay. * Micromanaging boss. * Dead language * Must live in or move to New Orleans * Must want to stay with the dead language and the grumpy boss for long term support. I'd say this was impossible. You might want to point this out to your boss, just before asking for a big raise.
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First: I hate my boss and am looking to move to another job because he micro-manages me, and knows nothing about programming. Second: He's one of my best friends, and I don't want to leave him in the lurch. Third: As I am older, and with the pandemic raging, and the way people drive in New Orleans, I could die at any time. Having said that, I have gotten him to agree to hire some younger programmer, so that that guy and I could do some"Team Programming" together, and I could teach him my code, and he could eventually take over, when I die or get a new job, whichever comes first. The job would pay around 35K per year. The program is written is VB6, but if I could find someone that is familiar with VB.Net getting him up to speed would be easy. So, two questions. Do you think I have a chance of finding someone at that pay level, since 60K to 65K if the going rate here, for really experienced programmers? Second question, is there a particular web site that I should use? In other words, where do you go when looking for a job? Any help, that doesn't criticize VB6 (I started writing this program in 1980), would be sincerely appreciated.
Repo man
If you are really looking to get out, you could work a deal with the boss to give up some of your salary each year to guarantee raises for “junior” to keep them around. Start them at 30, with a guaranteed 5k raise each year for the next x years as you stop working Fridays, then Mondays, then… If you find another job and decide to leave your boss will have added flexibility to retain the new hire.