From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2005-03-15T23:00:28+09:00
Subject: Re: [JOB] Possible ruby job in SF Bay Area

In article <4231F443.10909@path.berkeley.edu>,
Joel VanderWerf  <vjoel@PATH.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>> This is an informal announcement of a possible position for
>> an intermediate programmer with 2-3 years of experience in
>> Ruby and C in the SF Bay Area.
>> 
>> We are not sure yet if we will hire a full-time permanent
>> person, or a part-time contractor for a 10 month project.
>> Salary level for the full-time permanent position would
>> likely be around 50-60K/year with university benefits. The
>> contract rate would be adjusted upwards accordingly, but
>> without benefits (AFAIK).
>
>To follow up: if the job is offered as a contract, what sort of hourly 
>rate would folks be likely to accept, given all that I've said about the 
>work (and the cost of living in the Bay Area) in this thread?
>
>Has anyone had ruby contract work, and if so, at what rate?
>

Yes.  However, it started out as a C++ project going in.  After a month 
or so I was able to convince management that Ruby made more sense from a 
productivity standpoint.  The rate was of course based on C++, but it 
didn't change when we switched to Ruby.  The rate I was getting was 
$35/hour in the Portland, Oregon area.  That gig went from Dec 2003 to 
June 2004 when things were still pretty dead around here and I was glad 
to get anything.  Now I suspect rates would be higher as things seem to 
have picked up a bit.

Phil