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[Alberto dos Santos]

Lem... You are an inspiration... A role model... If only I lived in NY...
(sigh)

Cheers,

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Alberto dos Santos

email: acas at sapo.pt
skype: fatflash

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org 
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of leam at reuel.net
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 3:35 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] [OT] Consulting work
> 
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 02:06:35AM -0400, Matt Juszczak wrote:
> > >>>NYC PHP programmers should make a minimum of $50/hr, and 
> I get offers
> > >>>up to $120.
> > 
> > Wow.... I'm a PHP/FreeBSD/Linux guy and make $15/hour 
> ...... but thats a 
> > stable job....
> 
> Then let me give you some friendly advice, becuase a good 
> PHP/Bsd/Linux guy is worth more than $15 hour.
> 
> 1. Drop the "Free" in BSD. Per the SAGE salary guidelines, 
> last time I read them, Using FreeBSD lowered the average 
> salary, all other things being equal. I've got nothing 
> against FreeBSD, but it seems to have a dampening effect on 
> peoples wallets.
> 
> 2. If you want to be more of a web-site programmer, add MySQL 
> and some Apache. Make sure you read Chris' security stuff. 
> E-commerce is growing in a *big* way and small businesses 
> will pick you up to configure things.
> 
> 3. Learn an e-commerce package like OSCommerce. Much of the 
> hard work is done, and you can really speed up your delivery time.
> 
> 4. Donate your time to a worthy cause. This will give you a 
> portfolio to show your prospective paying clients, give you 
> experience dealing with non-technical clients, and give you 
> references in case someone should ask for them.  :)
> 
> 5. This one should have been first, but I always have a 
> harder time expressing it. Find your vocation. A vocation is 
> a calling--it is what you would do if money was no object and 
> all the bills were paid. How would you spend your day? When 
> you know your calling and are working in it your passion will 
> be communicated to your clients. 
> 
> 
> Just my thoughts. I believe you could work hard for the next 
> year and probably double your rate.
> 
> ciao!
> 
> leam
> 
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