From: Gregory Gombas (ggombas@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 03 2008 - 10:15:35 ART
Minimum wage is right.
To add insult to inury these companies offering "minimum wage" claim
they have great bennies like free sodas and a pool table in their
recreation lounge.
Try using those free sodas to pay your mortgage!
On 7/2/08, Dane Newman <dane.newman@gmail.com> wrote:
> 120k in NY is like minimum wage ;(
>
> I agree don't take less then your worth
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Gregory Gombas <ggombas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yeah man don't be a sucker and settle for $120k a year which is the
> > most companies pay in NYC.
> >
> > I was hesitant about leaving my safe secure full time job until I
> > realized how unsafe and insecure they are. Companies today will lay
> > you off at the drop of a stock point.
> >
> > I'm never going back to W2.
> >
> > Plus if you are near DC you can make big bucks consulting.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/2/08, Joseph Brunner <joe@affirmedsystems.com> wrote:
> > > $250,000, or $125 an hour corp to corp.
> > >
> > > this is where you go to legalzoom.com get an C or S Corp, or an LLC and
> pay
> > > yourself a modest salary, pay your children, wife modest salaries (ala
> bill
> > > cosby and Bryant gumble) and avoid taxes on the gross amount. the gross
> > > amount is no longer income, its "revenue". Speak to your CPA about this,
> its
> > > quite common.
> > >
> > > Get what your worth man don't take a W2 salary to sit there and look
> smart
> > > but get paid stupid.
> > >
> > > -J
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Luan
> > > Nguyen
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:37 AM
> > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: OT: Salary Question Again!
> > >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > In lieu of Mister Scott Morris left for IE, and with Jared's advise :)
> > > yep...putting you guys on the spot :P. I am thinking of testing
> > > opportunities out...putting my resume on linkedin..etc
> > > I am in the northern virginia area. What do you think i should start
> > > negotiating at?
> > > Have 10+ years of experience. Working my way from the ground up.
> Supported
> > > university computer lab, Did computer carrier at the pentagon, did 12-8
> > > night shift of computer operator...etc, worked at the IRS, the marriott
> > > (these guys have funky networks) the last 8 years, working at an
> institution
> > > of sort :) touching all things...lucent, nortel, nokia, ixia, spirent,
> > > juniper, arbor,...etc. The last couple years started to refocus on
> cisco.
> > > have ccie r&s and all sort of ccxp (np, dp, sp, vp) written ie security,
> sp,
> > > written ccde :) though...i got the ccnp and ccdp back in 1999 so maybe
> i
> > > should put ex-ccnp :). Back then with passing, they gave u t-shirt :)
> for
> > > CCNA too i think. With CCDP, they gave you a black leather porfolio...
> > > Thanks in advance for all inputs.
> > >
> > > -Luan
> > >
> > >
> > >
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