Are software engineer that cheap?
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The term you're looking for is annual rate. If it's a 3mo position you get 1/4th of it, just like if your hourly rate is $30 and you bill your customer for 30m, you get $15. :rolleyes:
The European Way of War: Blow your own continent up. The American Way of War: Go over and help them.
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I just received a call from redmond based recruiter (client microsoft). It was 'software design engineer in test 1' position, with 6 month to 1 year of experience. After asking all the question about my experience, they say the maximum they can offer is 22$/hr with no benifits. Should an engineer be paid that low? Does it look alllright? I know microsoft reputation is not great but but i think it is the agency who is making big here. What do you ppl think? Any such experience. I have been offered such salary ranges before by this company and it seems it is ok.
Microsoft starts employees at $80,000 USD + benefits for full-time software testing positions in Redmond. I don't mean an internal "beta tester" - I mean a software engineer/developer who actually writes tests and such. My friend got a job at Microsoft right out of university as a tester (since has moved to Vancouver and still works for MS). He writes tests for the Windows Media Player installer :)
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Microsoft starts employees at $80,000 USD + benefits for full-time software testing positions in Redmond. I don't mean an internal "beta tester" - I mean a software engineer/developer who actually writes tests and such. My friend got a job at Microsoft right out of university as a tester (since has moved to Vancouver and still works for MS). He writes tests for the Windows Media Player installer :)
I think MS is a good employer. Ppl there really work hard too. But these agencies pay only $22/hr which is very unfair for engineers. We engineers make $22/hr after 4 year of college, 2 years of masters and 5 years of experience while a fresh nurse make the same amount with just 2 years of education. I dont want to dishearten anyone but at least there should be some appreciation/fairness. And it looks like all this is because of H1B's coz ppl who are abroad can literally work for pocket money (no kidding). I would have done the same if I were abroad so I dont blame them. There should be some ethics though on our side keeping american workers in mind. If you are advertising these only for them, good enough.
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I need to rethink it. I'm doing mostly C# now, so no
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I just received a call from redmond based recruiter (client microsoft). It was 'software design engineer in test 1' position, with 6 month to 1 year of experience. After asking all the question about my experience, they say the maximum they can offer is 22$/hr with no benifits. Should an engineer be paid that low? Does it look alllright? I know microsoft reputation is not great but but i think it is the agency who is making big here. What do you ppl think? Any such experience. I have been offered such salary ranges before by this company and it seems it is ok.
theDailyWTF.com is a good site of stories where things-go-wrong due to cheap developers.
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