Re: Re: jobs

Hi Joe, I read your email regarding the job pay in the state, I wonder how much should be the fair price for job in NYC for a e-commerce job either PHP or ASP for a intermediate level-two Bc degree? thanks in advance Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Stump" <joe@earth.care2.com> To: "Nicolas Windpassinger - Sun" <nicolas.windpassinger@sun.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 12:06 PM Subject: [PHP] Re: jobs > Per Nicolas's request here is how I went about finding my PHP job. > > - Find a small place that thinks you know what you're talking about and convert > it to a PHP shop (I did this with www.affordablecomputers.com) - become the > main programmer. > > - Make your own PHP site one of the coolest on the net (http://www.miester.org - > a matter of opinion ;o) Then release it Open Source (Open Source companies > will like seeing "Published Open Source Software" or the like on a resume. > > - Look were you normally would for a programming job here are some sites: > - www.dice.com (were I found my job) > - www.phpbuilder.com (were I find most of my contract work) > - http://classifieds.yahoo.com/display/employment?ct_hft=browse&action=browse& nodeid=750008675 > - www.careerbuilder.com > > - If you are good enough to code PHP for a living you should know (or have an > idea) what sites are running PHP. Submit your resume to EVERY ONE of them (I > have submitted mine to google about 500 times - but requiring a masters and > preferring a doctorate puts a damper on things). If you are a decent coder one > of them is BOUND to call back. > > - Personally email EVERY job on the job sites that interest you - tell them that > you're great and you're basically the world's best hacker. Then, if it's a > contract job, tell them that you're not like other contractors and that your > code is beautiful, but it's gonna cost them! (minimum of $80/hr. - DON'T SELL > YOURSELF SHORT!!! - I made my old company, the one I converted above for $10 > an hour, pay me $80 when I got my real job) > > Those are my pointers - they helped me get the job that I have today. Every so > often I go out and follow this procedure. Even though I'm not going to be taking > any of the jobs it's nice to know so many of them are out there. > > --Joe > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 12:00:54PM +0100, Nicolas Windpassinger - Sun wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > > > I am looking for jobs in the states , you wrotte in one of your emails > > that you had a lot of names of .com's.....would be great to post > > them!!!!!!! > > Thanks for your great help, > > nicolas. > ============================================================================ ==== > = Joe Stump joestump98@yahoo.com http://www.miester.org = > ============================================================================ ==== > "Real programmers don't comment their code. > It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand." > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >