[CLUE-Talk] Linux programmer needed with Kernal 2.6

[Angelo Bertolli]

> I agree with that...it's hard to feel underpaid at $50 an hour. But is
> $50 an hour really unreasonable for a "senior-level" kernel programmer?
> Particularly for a short-term project where they're getting no benefits,
> job security or anything?

When we contract out, we get charged $125/hr for ANYTHING (or more).  Do 
the companies really take that much of a cut off the top?

I think the rule during regular times, at least in the engineering fields, 
was that if you were going to be a contractor, you could be expected to be 
employed 1/3 of the time.

> So... I guess I don't see the $50 per hour figure for kernel developers
> being out of line since I see kernel development as being much harder
> than what I do. (At least, I can do what I do, and I haven't a clue
> about coding for the Linux kernel...) It's executive salaries that I've
> always seen as being out of line. Folks who have no specialized
> knowledge at all (other than who they know...) that pull down six and
> seven-figure salaries for laying people off...that always seemed rather
> unreasonable to me.
>

Yes, this is my sentiment too.  It's not so much that $50 is low (actually 
if it was a 4-month contract, that wouldn't be so bad), but that it's 
always better to make money using other people's skills instead of having 
some of your own.

Angelo