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Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Post by sejje »

dhimes wrote: post #94
sejje wrote: post #67

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I literally can't image the person, tech savvy or not, who would come up with DrRacket here. Or prolog. I agree with GP that its' just blind googling.

This would also be a great way to warn other devs off of the company (note that the sites are given). I actually tried a couple of searches based on your comment and I really didn't get anything that wouldn't taken quite a bit of effort to piece together into this listing. "what does an expert web programmer know" "what does it take to be a web programmer" "what do I need to know to be a web programmer" This might be…

That's a really interesting theory. Improbable, but I like it.

Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Post by IgorPartola »

So I am not a fan of recruiters, ever since the very first one I dealt with tried to screw me on salary. But I did an interesting thing as a consulting gig once: I got paid to interview a guy for a first technical hire at a company. Basically, it was two non-tech cofounders and they needed a developer. They put out ads, got resumes, then realized they don't know how to interview a developer. Friend of a friend of a friend referral => I got to talk to them. Charged them for an hour of work to interview their top candidate and gave them my conclusion.

Always wondered if this is a better business model than non-technical recruiters, at least for a part of the process. And getting paid by the hour means I don't have a conflict of interest to say the candidate is great.

Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Post by ChuckMcM »

carsongross wrote: post #9

Once again, we see the terrible effects of there being not enough technical talent here in the United States. As we are constantly told by the VCs and large tech firms, we need to open up the green card immigration program to allow developers in who will do the jobs that Americans just won't do. Like, for example, being a full stack web developer who does QA, customer support and data scrubbing for 12 bucks an hour w…

I've always wondered if you respond and say "Well I could do this for you but it would be $87.50 an hour." if they would respond. A friend of mine who ran a consulting business would do something like that and picked up a few gigs that way.

Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Post by defen »

paulriddle wrote: post #98
defen wrote: post #85

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Hey man...this is crazy to me that you would do dev work for $3 per hour. If you put your contact info in your profile I'll send you a month's salary at that rate if you promise to spend that month leveling up properly instead of doing annoying / one-off / generally shitty work for poorly-paying clients. Trust me, the people who are only willing to pay $3/hour are not who you want to be working for. Once you're good…

If you are serious about the offer - I would take it. I could explain it in detail via email as to why , but it really boils down to motivation and having somebody who supports you. Currently I'm learning Rails, and I'm having no luck landing a job, since there are so few opportunities in my city. Your help would mean a lot to me, because I'm pressured by just about everybody around me to find any job, just anything…

I was serious, but unfortunately a fresh account triggers too many warning flags for me. Good luck in your studies.

Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #103
carsongross wrote: post #9

Once again, we see the terrible effects of there being not enough technical talent here in the United States. As we are constantly told by the VCs and large tech firms, we need to open up the green card immigration program to allow developers in who will do the jobs that Americans just won't do. Like, for example, being a full stack web developer who does QA, customer support and data scrubbing for 12 bucks an hour w…

I've always wondered if you respond and say "Well I could do this for you but it would be $87.50 an hour." if they would respond. A friend of mine who ran a consulting business would do something like that and picked up a few gigs that way.

I tried this on RentACoder a few times. Response was either or a polite "no, thank you." I usually only responded to EE hardware or firmware gigs.

Re: WEB DEVELOPER (DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES)

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Post by rb2k_ »

imjustsaying wrote: post #44
rb2k_ wrote: post #23

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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.

They are talking about a free market. This is heavily government regulated.
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