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WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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SWI-Prolog? DrRacket? This has to be a joke, right? They're obscure enough that a non-programmer wouldn't likely know they exist, yet nobody with a clue would request that of a web developer. The only plausible explanation I can fathom is that they Googled a list of IDEs and picked a few at random... or that this is a joke.

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Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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I feel like this has to be some dev exacting revenge on these guys

"Unfortunately, your request for a 5% raise was rejected. We're sorry to see you go. Can you help hire a replacement? Just write up a quick job posting w/ your basic work experience and daily routine. Thanks."

Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get you're being sarcastic, but I've heard that immigration doesn't actually have an deliberate effect on wages.

The H1B that is mostly talked about when it comes to IT jobs and imimgration requires companies to pay at least the prevailing wage for the area in question. So on average, it should either have wages stay the same OR raise them a tiny bit

The prevailing wage necessarily goes down when the labor supply is increased. This is literally learned on Day 1 of Introduction to Microeconomics.

Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Personally, I'm learning to code in Python, and once I do will probably work for $3 per hour doing remote work via a freelancing site. At the moment I'm going through Flask— which shouldn't take more than a couple of days to grok at a basic level. I made a CRUD site a few years ago, so it's not like I'm starting for zero. Anyway, working for below minimum wage is economically rational. Once I have more experience I'l…

Don't go that way. Seriously. It's better to offer your services for free to local non-profits than work for peanuts. The main thing is that clients who pay the lowest also treat you the worst. You'll meet a lot of unreasonable demands and overally crappy people while working those very low wage projects. Go to your local non-profits and offer them your services for free. Be clear that you're just learning and that's…

I learned web programming by building an e-commerce site from scratch in Perl the late 90s. When all was said and done, my partner and I split $2k, which brought my hourly rate to $1-$2/hour. But for 10 years I made $55-$75/hour maintaining that thing - which I hadn't really foreseen I just wanted to learn web programming. The point is it can be worthwhile.

Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Their site is hosted on Volusion, a hosted ecommerce platform. Probably what they're really hiring for is someone to maintain the template and product SKUs, but figured they'd throw in a bunch of other bullet points related to "web development" thinking it'd get a better employee.
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