they don't always get paid less but more often than not, they do. This is probably because the majority of the tasks performed by CF Developers are the kinds of things that don't require you to be a competent architect, programmer, or even tester.
~Simon Simon Horwith CIO, AboutWeb - http://www.aboutweb.com Editor-in-Chief, ColdFusion Developers Journal Member of Team Macromedia Macromedia Certified Master Instructor Blog - http://www.horwith.com Daniel Kang wrote: >The fundamental question is why CF developers get paid less than >others?? Perhaps, I need to switch to the Java arena! > >Daniel > >On 4/29/05, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>if I wanted to pay $60-70k I could easily hire a very senior developers >>>(which seem to be easier to find too!). >>> >>> >>A mid level J2EE developer makes 100K+ easy in SF where the cost of >>living is less than in NY... where do you think all the CF developers >>went? >> >>I am a senior developer and I find 60K rather insulting - Fast food >>restaurant managers make more than that. If you can get a senior >>developer for 60K I'd say grab him/her. >> >>(PS not to start an up roar - look at the cost of living in your area >>before you start demanding higher salary) >> >>-- >>~Blog~ >>http://www.robrohan.com >>~The cfml plug-in for eclipse~ >>http://cfeclipse.tigris.org >>~open source xslt IDE~ >>http://treebeard.sourceforge.net >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2469 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
