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Subject:	Re: FLASH: salary in SF
From:	Michael Penney
Date:	Fri, 7 Jul 2000 22:57:55 +0100

Balthaser.com is a pretty big, well-off company. A flash designer working
for them should have no problem affording a family sized apartment in SF, if
you will on the salary they offered you, then I would suggest you
re-negotiate before taking the job. Sacramento is not an option for a daily
job (unless they offer off-peak rush hour hours & free parking). Speaking
hypothetically, making 30k in SF is about like making 15k (ie minimum wage)
in most of the rest of the US, so if you are a quality web designer you
would be able to do much better elsewhere if they are offering some rock
bottom starting salary. Sacramento is much cheaper than SF, but not an
option if they expect you to be in SF every day (though its only about 60
miles, in SF rush hour traffic it will take you 2-3 hours to get there, an
hour or 20$ to find parking, and the daily accidents can make this commute
even longer).

I've heard 'big US corporations' are pushing H1 visas because they have a
hard time finding trained US citizens to start for 30k. This plays well on
mainstreet US because in much of the country 30k is a pretty decent, nearly
living wage for a family. However, if you find that these companies are
trying to find skilled computer workers in SF, LA, NYC, etc. for 30k its no
wonder they have a hard time finding US citizens; 30k is a fast-food
worker's salary in the big cities, certainly nothing someone with advanced
computer skills would be willing to starve for.

(note: I have no idea nor even a guess what they are offering you, the above
numbers are just examples I made up for reference or pulled from published
sources)

> have been offered a job with Balthaser (Balthaser.com) do you know anything
> about them?? I am hoping to further myself greatly in my Flash knowledge at
> work( I know Flash but I am not Joshua Davis) and maybe 3D as well(with night
> courses perhaps), I know there are good schools(recommendation welcome) there
> but am I dreaming that all is gold and honey????
>
>
> thanks for any comments and suggestions in advance
>
>
> Stuart
>

>

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Michael Penney
Sharpener of the Cutting Edge
BigTimeWeb.Com

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