NYCPHP Meetup

[tedd]

At 6:59 PM -0400 4/2/11, David Krings wrote:
>On 4/2/2011 3:32 PM, Michele Waldman wrote:
>>In '99, I was making $70-85/hr as an Oracle/C Programmer.
>
>Interesting discussion, but what baffles me beyond repair is how 
>much more developers are paid compared to QA or support staff. The 
>difficulty of work is about the same, although for a support job I 
>think it is even higher (think about it, the supporters have to 
>defend what the developers goofed up). The skill set is somewhat 
>different, but thinking about what I get as a veteran QA Analyst and 
>the hourly rates you are discussing makes me just wanna cry. OK, in 
>all fairness, I'm not working in City, but upstate. Still, I think 
>that if you can steadily land jobs that pay 50$ an hour you are 
>doing quite well.
>
>David

Not meaning to degrade "Support", but those positions as usually the 
first step in IT -- are they not?

As such, it's like minimum wage with higher wages as they move up.

Cheers,

tedd

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