The other complication is that, in the United States, contractors have to include in their hourly rate the employer's portion of payroll taxes as well as enough money to pay for health insurance and other benefits that might be provided by virtue of citizenship in other countries, but which the contractor has to pay for him/herself. That tends to inflate the hourly rate of contractors compared with employees.
Todd On 10/25/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well the more skills you have as a programmer... the more work is > available to you... but also the more skills you have...the more you > expect to be paid. > > Someone that knows only PHP ... or only knows Flash Actionscript, > etc.... shouldn't expect to get paid as much as a developer who is > knowledgeable in many languages. Similarly, a newbie programmer with > only a few months experience, or no 'professional' experience, > shouldn't expect to be paid the same as a developer with many years of > software/web application development experience under their belt. > > On Oct 25, 10:42 pm, Roboto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's true, I didn't think about this at first - it's difficult to > > make it as a programmer with market dilution. > > > > On Oct 25, 10:38 pm, "Marty Alchin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Speaking as someone who's tried their hand at both sides of the coin, > > > I definitely agree with you, Ross. I'm currently employed, but when I > > > was trying to make it as a contractor (because a job fell through), I > > > couldn't land a single job because of the market dillution. Working in > > > PHP as I was, I found that I was competing against high school and > > > college students, whose bills are paid by their parents, and can > > > afford to spend weeks on end getting paid next to nothing. And yes, > > > the quality of their work showed. > > > > > The trouble with most good developers is that they're not willing to > > > work for cheap change. And it often has little to do with getting paid > > > appropriately for their skill level. For me, and many others, the high > > > price is necessary because we have families and mortgages to support. > > > Contracting for a low price is only good for a certain type of people, > > > and that pool doesn't contain very many quality developers. > > > > > Just keep in mind that contractors don't have an endless pool of jobs > > > to choose from, where they can just pick whatever price they feel > > > like. They have to make sure that each job can sustain them until they > > > secure another job. It's not a fun way to live unless you're already > > > very well established. > > > > > -Gul > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
