[ale] interesting salary data posted by Red Hat

Thu Dec 23 18:01:25 EST 2010

I'm jumping in on this thread late and have not read the beginnings of
it but...

Back in 2000 (during the "boom") I was making $55K w/Cox Radio
Interactive as the Network Design Manager.  By 2002 I was an on-site
engineer installing MS Terminal Servers and making $36K (but that was
all I could find back then).  

My last gig was with XM Satellite Radio and I left there making an
average of $74K as a Broadcast Applications & Systems Technician
(basically a systems engineer) where we supported Mac/MS & Redhat.  Now
I'm having a hard-time finding anything that comes close to what I was
making in Washington DC just last year.  But the search continues...

Ah the joys of living in a depression era!  

May Christmas bring you tidings of great joy and the New Year bless you
with the greatest desires of your heart!

Rich in Lilburn.....

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] interesting salary data posted by Red Hat
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:01:45 -0500

Must have been phone support for windows home users. 

When I was first tier HPUX/Solaris support at HP in 2001 we got around
$28/hr (which was _really_ good for the several bozos in the team who
didn't know how to change a password much less build and mount a raid
array). Night shift got a bit more. That sucked for first shift who had
to clean up after 3rd shift screw-ups.

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com>
wrote:

        I got that $12/hr figure from a head hunter back in 2002 who was
        asking
        me to apply for a night job doing phone support for HP.   When I
        replied
        that he couldn't get anyone good for even twice that for a day
        job he
        responded that he does get people all the time.  To me that
        explained
        why HP phone support first level was so clueless at the time.
         I'm sure
        by now they've raised it to $12.25 or so...

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        Of

        Jerald Sheets
        Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:01 AM
        To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
        Subject: Re: [ale] interesting salary data posted by Red Hat

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        On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:

        > 90k/year in the US?
        >
        > I'm starting to think $12/hour and free coffee isn't enough
        any
        more...
        >

        Now we know why Jeff is so grumpy!  :)

        passed that a long time ago...

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