Fair can only be defined by your experience level, the quality of your work, and costs of living.
When I was in college, I worked for minimum wage ($5.25 an hour at that point, I believe). That's how it is in college - you work dirt cheap. Typically wages are determined by the higher-ups in the school (Dean level or higher). I seriously doubt they'll be swayed by some mailing list that the public can contribute to. If it weren't for poor college students, would they bring in someone at "full price"? I doubt it. Also, suck it up and ignore the $$ factor: you're in college, and unless you had significant experience before school, the college job is your best shot at getting experience. You need the experience far more than you need the $$$; consider that unless things improve dramatically, when you graduate, you'll be competing with developers with years of *real-world* experience. Considering the state of the economy, I know many developers who'd be happy to make what you're making - $6/hour beats being unemployed. I would suggest that we all take a look at the CF-Talk guidelines (http://www.houseoffusion.com/hof/lists/faq.htm). Keep in mind that discussion of prices among peers in a public forum constitutes "price fixing" - this places the operators of this list (Dinowitz and company) at risk. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael T. Tangorre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:11 AM Subject: Slightly OT - CF and Developers Fees > Hello Everyone, > > Can I get everyones opinion on something here... > Here at the University, student workers make no more than $6.00/hour > regardless of type of work. What do you think is a fair wage for someone > who learns Cold Fusion on the job and applies it at their job on a daily > basis. Also, what do you think a fair wage is for someone who trains > staff on basic CF, SQL, and server management stuff? Right now I work > about 25 hours a week at $6/hr and take 18 credit load semester.... and > am frankly working to change a few things, but I need some numbers to > back me up so I am looking for any averages or thoughts you have. > > Thanks, > > Mike > > PS---> Sorry for the off topic post on CF-Talk. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
