Someone here must be qualified...

[Epsas Nova]

True,

In San Francisco, the consultants made much more than salaried employees - I was making a shave under 6-figures, and there were at least 10 other people in my office who were making 110K+.  This however, was during the Dot.Com boom.  I heard rumours about some companies who paid their SysAdmins 150K+, but yes - those guys were on call 24/7 and had little life outside of teh server room.  Not for me.

As far as staying on the island as a Unix person.  Yes, it hurts not having a security clearance - as ALL of the Unix positions in the last couple of months have been with the military, requiring Top-Secret/Secret clearances.  I can't help but hope, however, for another means of income, outside of the military.

peas,
charles

On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:47:11AM -0700, Dusty wrote:
> >From my experience $50-80K in Hawaii is the standard for being a govt contractor (like this position).  It is possible to get more than $80K, but not very and most of the non-government positions I have seen were $40-60k.  For anyone who plans to stay on the island and work as a unix person, I highly recommend getting a clearance.  
> 
> Even on the mainland there aren't too many unix people getting much more than $80K.  In my experience $80k is about the average for the high end.  One of my friends made just over $100k salary, but that was rare.  
> 
> My friends who made tons of money were consultants and they made (ie took home) as much as $125/hr.  They had no benefits and didn't know if they were going to work 90 hours this week or zero hours for the next six weeks (if they didn't work, they didn't get paid).  Mostly they worked a lot of hours, but they have all been laid off since the fall of the internet start-ups.
> 
> But that is just from my experience from being a Unix admin and hiring manager.
> 
> Dusty
> 
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