Re: FLASH: Salaries

[Jefferis]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:06:16 -0700, "Scott Jeppesen" 

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sjeppesenuniversityaccess [dot] com

> wrote:


>Anyone know what the going rate(salary-wise) is for someone with heavy

>ActionScript experience, ASP, VBScript, VB, DHTML, Javascript, HTML, and all

>the usual programming and graphics software?

>

>Just looking for a range.

>

>Scott Jeppesen


Seriously. $125k - $150k.  That's about what someone who has all those 

skills can make on their own as self employed and subcontracting, at 

least if not more.


I just wrote this to another list {YES I KNOW ITS ALMOST A CROSS POST BUT 

IT APPLIES ! } 


'>That reminds me of my position.  I am fairly competent at Flash, 

>Fireworks, Photoshop, HTML, marketing, sales, and accounting.  But no one 

>I know my age is competent in all the fields you described above [YOU 

>should add XML to the list as well :-) . It kind of reminds me of someone 

>being asked to be an expert in neurosurgery and neo-natology.  Each of 

>these specialties requires years of practice and devotion and dedication 

>that would be thwarted by diversification. 

>

>I am sure that there are young turks just fresh from coding school that 

>have specialized in hardwiring the web and are experts in client tracking, 

>security issues, database programming, etc. etc.  BUT they could not have 

>at the same time gotten a degree in Graphic Arts from a top design school. 

> They may not be bad in both, but then their salaries should be 

>commensurate [starting at $150,000 minimum].  

>

>Where is the appreciation for the quality of a TEAM? and the necessity of 

>developing composite skills that are greater in the areas of specialty of 

>each of the individuals involved? 

>

>The one young developer I know who has a good deal of all the skills 

>combined is not working for anyone, but is too busy setting up his own 

>sites and selling them for a profit. I think that most people with such 

>total giftedness would not be interested in working for others, unless for 

>a short time they had to.

>

>BTW, if you are interested in seeing this guy's work, one of his sites 

>became, IMO, the best Christian search engine on the web within 2 days of 

>its introduction. 

>

>http://www.ChristSites.com/

>

>his name is Ray Majoran

>

>and he makes me jealous :-) 

>

>actually, he stuns me as I watch him run rings around me... 

>

>Jeff



Jefferis Peterson, Pres.

Web Design and Marketing

http://www.PetersonSales.net

Tel & Fax. 724-458-7169


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