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Originally Posted by TheDoc
If you coded in php for 10 years, you can code in php.... if you code in many other languages, you can code in php without thinking about it, learn it in 20 minutes, probably code it without reference. A php coder can't do that in the reverse, unless they really are a programmer.
If you're paying a php coder 100k a year, you're off your rocker. The only php coder worth that is the one that works for themselves that created code that people demand that they keep up with - ie: a business man that can code. At a 100k a year, you could triple your code output and it still be at the same quality.
A 100k a year coder is vastly skilled, easily a master in 3 languages - normally more, along with strong administration skills and probably some advanced hacking skills, and does all of those and codes too OR they work for themselves and have mastered that skill.
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i am not paying him, i am not that rich. it is a company. and no the people who run it are not off their rocker.
we are talking 7 days a week.
our site needs daily development. and we are training him for the future. we are talking sleeping and computer and that is it. we are in full scale mode. that is why the high price. you are asking someone to basically sacrifice everything for your company. and for a quality person to do that you have to pay them according.
if you boiled down the hours and his knowledge he is worth it. the time wasted screwing around with a bunch of programmers who pretend they know what they are doing when you are in scale mode is a waste of time and money.
you get one guy, pay him well, scale the hell out of it. and if its last only year no biggy.
dont blow smoke with your "master skill" that doesnt even mean anything. he gets the job done and thats all we care about. and is always here when we need him. save your accolades and fancy languages.
any business owner feels the same way. show me you can do the job not how much fluff you can blow at me.