Re[6]: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Richard Davey
Hi Crayon, Friday, June 15, 2007, 2:06:47 AM, you wrote: > On Friday 15 June 2007 07:39, Richard Davey wrote: >> Yeah, it makes buying software from the US a dream at the moment. > Huh? When software comes across the pond they usually markup at 1USD=1GBP Sure, bastards like Adobe rip us off i

Re: Re[4]: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Crayon Shin Chan
On Friday 15 June 2007 07:39, Richard Davey wrote: > Yeah, it makes buying software from the US a dream at the moment. Huh? When software comes across the pond they usually markup at 1USD=1GBP -- Crayon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.n

Re: Re[2]: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Crayon Shin Chan
On Friday 15 June 2007 06:50, Richard Davey wrote: > VAT is 17.5%, doesn't apply to all goods (certain items are exempt) Foodstuffs and "essential" items are exempt. > and is in practise no different to your state taxes. Think yourself > lucky it's only 17.5%, some European countries go way high

Re[4]: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Richard Davey
Hi Tijnema, Friday, June 15, 2007, 12:10:56 AM, you wrote: >> It's actually 1 USD = 0.50 GBP. > Ohh nice :) Yeah, it makes buying software from the US a dream at the moment. Same goes for domain names, server hosting, etc. Of course it means SELLING software into the US is a complete bitch, but

Re: Re[2]: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Tijnema
On 6/15/07, Richard Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Daevid, Thursday, June 14, 2007, 9:26:44 PM, you wrote: > We had an employee (a friend of mine) "start a UK office", and due to > corporate legal reasons, and taxes, etc, he got paid in US DOLLARS. > Aside from even more legal/tax issues h

Re[2]: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Richard Davey
Hi Daevid, Thursday, June 14, 2007, 9:26:44 PM, you wrote: > We had an employee (a friend of mine) "start a UK office", and due to > corporate legal reasons, and taxes, etc, he got paid in US DOLLARS. > Aside from even more legal/tax issues he personally had to face, his > salary was almost halve

RE: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Daevid Vincent
> > How much should be the lower limit to keep a family > > happy (happy means with enough money for a flat, food, > > clothes, entertainment, education and something to > > save for the future) ? > > $salary = 3 + (sizeof($family) * 1); This may seem obvious, but make sure you get paid i

Re: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Crayon Shin Chan
On Thursday 14 June 2007 17:11, Javier Leyba wrote: Please trim your post! > How much should be the lower limit to keep a family > happy (happy means with enough money for a flat, food, > clothes, entertainment, education and something to > save for the future) ? $salary = 3 + (sizeof($famil

Re: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Javier Leyba
>>Hi Javier, >> >>Thursday, June 14, 2007, 9:23:25 AM, you wrote: >> >> I've received a job offer from a London zone 1 based >> company as Senior PHP developer. >> I'm really interested but I live in Spain an have no >> idea about UK salaries so I wonder if somebody could >> give me a clue. >> >> H

Re: [PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Richard Davey
Hi Javier, Thursday, June 14, 2007, 9:23:25 AM, you wrote: > I've received a job offer from a London zone 1 based > company as Senior PHP developer. > I'm really interested but I live in Spain an have no > idea about UK salaries so I wonder if somebody could > give me a clue. > How much money is

[PHP] London PHP salaries

2007-06-14 Thread Javier Leyba
Hi All I've received a job offer from a London zone 1 based company as Senior PHP developer. I'm really interested but I live in Spain an have no idea about UK salaries so I wonder if somebody could give me a clue. How much money is a really good salary (to keep a family happy) ? How much could I