Mr. Delap,
Perhaps the following site may help you in your quest for new employees that
know not only PHP, but almost anything computer related, from beginners to
advanced. If you haven't ran across it already, I think you might like it.
Roam around it a bit: www.computerjobs.com.
Also, I am planning on starting up my own Web Development company, something
small for now. I want to focus more on XML, Push Technology, and Wireless
Communications. Do you have any tips to get me started? Thanks. :)
-- Navid Yar
-----Original Message-----
From: DELAP, SCOTT F (SBCSI) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:20 PM
To: Benjamin Munoz; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] contracting & consulting (was "[PHP] Pricing for PHP
programming???")
Just some thoughts on this topic. I've ran a web development business for
6 years. I've seen demand for PHP grow exponentially in recent months.
However, it still isn't anywhere near where it could be. I think the new
Zend Products will help corporate acceptance and job growth. Right now when
I look at sites like monster, hotjobs, guru.com, etc. there are few php
listings. It is hard for clients looking explicitly for good php talent to
find it easily. We used to get a number of good leads every month off of
PHPBuilder.com's job board. However, it was taken down in recent months at
parent company internet.com's request. I think we need a central site where
people looking for contract work and full time employment positions can come
and post jobs related to php. If anyone has a good domain idea or one
already bought, I'd be glad to work with them on such a site. This type of
site would need to be pushed by the community if they want to benefit from
it. Just putting a job board up and letting it sit won't do the trick.
Scott Delap
SBC Services, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-235-6216
-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Munoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:37 PM
To: 'Dean Hall'; PHP General
Subject: RE: [PHP] contracting & consulting (was "[PHP] Pricing for PHP
pr ogramming???")
Great thread. When I was changing jobs in April of 2000, a recruiter told me
that PHP is "cool and all", but there is zero demand for developers of PHP
web apps (in Los Angeles). Although I've been very productive developing in
PHP, he advised me to learn something else, b/c the demand just isn't there.
I prefer PHP for my web dev, but I'm still curious how accurate he was.
I know that that Java/EJB/JSP and COM/ASP is in MUCH more demand, and
therefore command a higher wage. Demand vs supply, right?. A search today
on monster.com for ASP in LA yields 142 listings, Java yields 262, JSP
yields 32, Perl yields 105, PHP yields 16, cold fusion yields 16.
-Has the demand changed much in your city since middle of last year?
-Also, for developers who are proficient in several web dev environments, is
it mostly true that you use PHP for your own personal projects, but some
other language for big corporate clients.
-What is the perception of PHP for mid/large organizations with more to
risk?
-What can we as a developer community do to change this?
Thanks, I'm very interested in others' opinions on this.
-Ben
-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:43 AM
To: PHP General
Subject: [PHP] contracting & consulting (was "[PHP] Pricing for PHP
programming???")
Somewhat related to the recent discussion on pricing for contractors, I
thought I'd ask if anyone knows of any good resources to help budding
contrators/consultants find their way around.
I'm a skilled web developer, but I'm not so knowledgeable when it comes to
law and conventions in the US for contractors and consultants doing web
development (or anything else).
If there are any good books or websites that talk about this type of
self-employment, or if anyone has personal experience they wish to offer,
please let me know.
Thanks.
Dean.
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