Ahhh ... well ... Im a tad more expensive than that. =) I was gettign 80 USD per hour in colorado before I moved to germany and took a perm job.
-- Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niclas Hedhman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:28 AM Subject: Re: Cocoon Job opps in Frankfurt, Germany On Tuesday 28 January 2003 22:32, Jeremy Aston wrote: > The UK rate has dropped significantly. You are really looking at something > like £35-£40 per hour (as opposed to £60-£70 ph in the past couple of > years. $500ph is v. reasonable. Not ph, per day.... Well, I live in a low-cost country (Malaysia) which is 50-75% lower cost of living than northern Europe (Sweden, Germany is my experience) at large. On top of that, I don't pay much income tax (<5%). Can really recommend it... > At the end of the day these angencies never put a rate since they want to > get as good a person as cheap as possible! So do I ;o) A average programmer here would cost me ~USD1000 a month, a top notch one with special competency would be about twice that. Niclas > jez > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 28 January 2003 05:13 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Cocoon Job opps in Frankfurt, Germany > > > > On Tuesday 28 January 2003 09:20, Jeremy Aston wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I keep seeing ads for contractors based in Frankfurt on a UK based job > > > site... > > > > http://www.it.jobserve.com/jobserve/searchresults.asp?jobType=*&d= > > 5&order=R > > >a nk&page=1&q=cocoon > > They almost all list "Rate: Market". What is that roughly? Just curious > what it pays to be "employed" nowadays in this kind of field... > > Anyone willing to reveal? > > Me? I live in the "low cost" country so I charge only(?) around $500 per > day, > as consultant. > > Niclas > > > I have tried to get in there as a UK based person (and Cocooon book > > co-author) but the company are 100% set on having an on site person and > > no remote workers/software houses/cooperatives. I can't move to Germany > > so > > am > > > out of the picture - bah! These people have advertised reguarly over the > > past 4-6 months so the work must be ongoing. > > > > If anyone does get in there and find they can put in a word for remote > > workers (I will go to a couple of times a month for a couple of days) > > then I'm here! > > > > rgds > > > > Jeremy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
