@Ian That may explain why PHP is continuing to be the dominant languages of choice - despite its glaringly obvious failings. If I could only find a Ruby based employer to help me shake off PHP for good, I'd be happy.
@everyone Are Ruby mid-level salaries REALLY that high? If so, what is a junior salary average and is anyone on the look-out for a Ruby convert (8+ years as a PHP, ~6 months Ruby/RoR)? -- Phil On 9 April 2014 20:15, Ian Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > plus those salaries assume you want to work remote which is certainly > not for all. i've had issues trying to find companies that want 2 > developers who are co-located together, but remote from the client / > company who want you. My ideal would be an office based small team and a > quiet environment. Anyone else up for joining forces for such an > endevour? > > I think the main risk at those salary levels is companies not being able > to get a return on their investment in the medium term, and picking devs > in other languages. which would be a shame. > -- > Ian Moss > http://facebook.com/196Destinations > http://196Destinations.com - your flight bucket list. > http://twitter.com/oceanician > http://startupdigest.com/manchester > http://www.linkedin.com/in/alteris > > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Ash Moran <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NWRUG] The Skinny (Music/Culture Magazine) looking for RoR > Developer > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:30:16 +0100 > > > On 7 Apr 2014, at 10:42, Louis Goff-Beardsley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I'm currently placing > > senior remote developers at £72k and mid-level at £50-60k so these guys > > really have no chance. > > There doesn’t seem to be much financial incentive to contract these days > then? > > Ash > > -- > http://www.patchspace.co.uk/ > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashmoran > > Email had 1 attachment: > + smime.p7s > 6k (application/pkcs7-signature) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
