AH!! yes.. I KNEW it was right in front of me. But I'm sorry given it's a hot summer, and still new year hangover time, my brain just wasn't working.
Thanks As to contract rates, I'm not a good person to ask. I'm bloody glad to see the back of 2004. It was the worst year financially for me since 1981. For the last 11 years, I've earned about 2/3 of my income from freelancing, and in 2004, up till November 15, I had 14 paid days work, and all of that at a rate less than half what I was earning for most of the previous 5 years. Most of the people I contacted during the year - HUNDREDS of them - simply didnt have the manners to respond in any way, so I dont know how I did with them. Never got a response, even to advertised positions. Of those I did get to talk to, most said they weren't making any new dvelopment in ColdFusion, only doing mods and bug fixes on their current sites. Thats what prompted my question a few weeks ago that caused such a stir - who's actually selling coldfusion servers in Australia - who's actually working to increase the market for us.. I've gone and got Macromedia CFMX certification - to advanced level no less - and I'm hoping that might prove to the people who were so dismissive that they couldn't even bother to send an email that I have both practical and theoretical skills and I know what i'm talking about. However others said they were having a bumper year, and that the coldfusion market here was strong and go-ahead. I guess you have to be on some kind of 'inner circle' or something. Or know the secret handshake. I finish 4 weeks good work at a Government Department in a couple of weeks, and I'm back hunting again. So there's yet another big department (they say they have Australia's largest intranet) doing no new development in CF and planning to move to other technology. Frankly I dont relish hunting for work during January. But that's how it's turned out. My advice? Don't sell up and come to Australia if you plan to rely on ColdFusion development for your source of income. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:07:39 -0000, Martin Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike - If you do a CFDUMP of the CGI scope you will see amongst other > things that you can use action="#cgi.script_name#?#cgi.query_string#" > > p.s. What are the CF developer contract rates like in Oz at the moment ? > > Martin Parry > Macromedia Certified Developer > http://www.BeetrootStreet.co.uk > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:189137 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
