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Phillip Powell phillip.powell-at-adnet-sys.com |nyphp 04/2004| wrote:

> putamare wrote:
>
>> For 40k, I'd me more than happy to come in late (if at all), drink 
>> all your booze, chase around the groupies, and throw the occasional 
>> TV out the window; but that's about all. You wouldn't get me in 
>> Spandex for less than twice that...
>>
>>
>> On Jun 2, 2004, at 6:57 PM, Joel De Gan wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 17:18, Ophir Prusak wrote:
>>>
>>>> and I'm wondering - can I really get a "PHP Rock Star" with "thorough
>>>> knowledge and experience in PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript" and "3+ years
>>>> experience" for 40k?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> no
>>>
>>> You will however get someone who "thinks" they are a "rock star" and
>>> trumpets about 3+ (insert hazy definition of three years) and who will
>>> jack up your databases real good ;)
>>>
>>> You pay for what you get in general and 40k is 'really' bad for here in
>>> NY when the building janitors average salary is 70k.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> joeldg - developer, Intercosmos media group.
>>> http://lucifer.intercosmos.net
>>>
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>> Jeff Knight
>> putamare not junk at putamare.net
>>
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> 40K will get you a "PHP Rock Star"... in India or Eastern Europe.
>
> Phil
>

I didn't want to be first.... I have no experience hiring in Manhattan. 
However, in North Jersey you'd get a junior who has 1 year experience 
scripting, at best.