LOL @ 8 yrs of C# experience

postmortemIA

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Set of good wishes... I wonder what they actually get..somebody who have ran Hello world in C# ? It is not secret that really good C# developers are rare.

Minimum experience needed is 8 years

I've seen some others with 5+ yrs req. NET experience.

(.NET is 5 yrs old, at best)
 

purbeast0

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nowhere in that post does it say "minimum 8 years of experience in C#"

it simply says "8 years of experience" which probably means 8 years real world experience in software development.
 

Whisper

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Hmm...in their defense, the company is offering $60/hr in return. I have no idea if that's at all comparable to 8 years of C# experience, but it sounds pretty nice for most any position as far as I can tell.

Besides that, those types of ads are generally all overshoots; I'm guessing it's basically designed to immediately scare off anyone who's grossly underqualified, and then go from there.
 

Whisper

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Originally posted by: purbeast0
nowhere in that post does it say "minimum 8 years of experience in C#"

it simply says "8 years of experience" which probably means 8 years real world experience in software development.

Good point.
 

Tom

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Doesn't seem unreasonable for a job paying 125k a year.

That's probably more than the King of Iowa makes.
 

purbeast0

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Originally posted by: Whisper
Hmm...in their defense, the company is offering $60/hr in return. I have no idea if that's at all comparable to 8 years of C# experience, but it sounds pretty nice for most any position as far as I can tell.

Besides that, those types of ads are generally all overshoots; I'm guessing it's basically designed to immediately scare off anyone who's grossly underqualified, and then go from there.

$60/hr for a person w/8 years of experience in software development (especially if this is a contract position, ad doesntt say) is not that uncommon for someone w/good skills. I'm hoping to be making close to 100K/yr by the time I'm 30.
 

Kaido

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Or that one with "5 years of Windows Server 2003 experience minimum"

Riiiiiight :D
 

SSSnail

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Originally posted by: tranceport
100k/yr isn't that much these days...

Minimum wage is closing in on 100k :)

I'm gonna have to chime in with that guy that's crying "middle class is dying"... But you're right, 100K isn't much these days...
 

cyclistca

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Originally posted by: tranceport
100k/yr isn't that much these days...

Minimum wage is closing in on 100k :)

I guess math is not your strong subject. I think it will be awhile before minimum wage is close to 100k.

Maybe the minimum wage in Monaco.


 

purbeast0

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Originally posted by: cyclistca
Originally posted by: tranceport
100k/yr isn't that much these days...

Minimum wage is closing in on 100k :)

I guess math is not your strong subject. I think it will be awhile before minimum wage is close to 100k.

Maybe the minimum wage in Monaco.

I guess sarcasm/joking is not your strong subject.
 

halik

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Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: Whisper
Hmm...in their defense, the company is offering $60/hr in return. I have no idea if that's at all comparable to 8 years of C# experience, but it sounds pretty nice for most any position as far as I can tell.

Besides that, those types of ads are generally all overshoots; I'm guessing it's basically designed to immediately scare off anyone who's grossly underqualified, and then go from there.

$60/hr for a person w/8 years of experience in software development (especially if this is a contract position, ad doesntt say) is not that uncommon for someone w/good skills. I'm hoping to be making close to 100K/yr by the time I'm 30.

Yeah,
it depends who you work for, really. I'm making 80 stright out of school
 

postmortemIA

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Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: Whisper
Hmm...in their defense, the company is offering $60/hr in return. I have no idea if that's at all comparable to 8 years of C# experience, but it sounds pretty nice for most any position as far as I can tell.

Besides that, those types of ads are generally all overshoots; I'm guessing it's basically designed to immediately scare off anyone who's grossly underqualified, and then go from there.

$60/hr for a person w/8 years of experience in software development (especially if this is a contract position, ad doesntt say) is not that uncommon for someone w/good skills. I'm hoping to be making close to 100K/yr by the time I'm 30.

Yeah,
it depends who you work for, really. I'm making 80 stright out of school

Yeah, and you pay rent perhaps $20K more than somebody in midwest.
 

purbeast0

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Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: Whisper
Hmm...in their defense, the company is offering $60/hr in return. I have no idea if that's at all comparable to 8 years of C# experience, but it sounds pretty nice for most any position as far as I can tell.

Besides that, those types of ads are generally all overshoots; I'm guessing it's basically designed to immediately scare off anyone who's grossly underqualified, and then go from there.

$60/hr for a person w/8 years of experience in software development (especially if this is a contract position, ad doesntt say) is not that uncommon for someone w/good skills. I'm hoping to be making close to 100K/yr by the time I'm 30.

Yeah,
it depends who you work for, really. I'm making 80 stright out of school

Yeah, and you pay rent perhaps $20K more than somebody in midwest.

yea, and he doesn't live in a boring ass part of the country.
 

postmortemIA

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Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: Whisper
Hmm...in their defense, the company is offering $60/hr in return. I have no idea if that's at all comparable to 8 years of C# experience, but it sounds pretty nice for most any position as far as I can tell.

Besides that, those types of ads are generally all overshoots; I'm guessing it's basically designed to immediately scare off anyone who's grossly underqualified, and then go from there.

$60/hr for a person w/8 years of experience in software development (especially if this is a contract position, ad doesntt say) is not that uncommon for someone w/good skills. I'm hoping to be making close to 100K/yr by the time I'm 30.

Yeah,
it depends who you work for, really. I'm making 80 stright out of school

Yeah, and you pay rent perhaps $20K more than somebody in midwest.

yea, and he doesn't live in a boring ass part of the country.

Another elitist who likes to sniff my butt hair...
 

zephyrprime

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Originally posted by: Whisper
Hmm...in their defense, the company is offering $60/hr in return. I have no idea if that's at all comparable to 8 years of C# experience, but it sounds pretty nice for most any position as far as I can tell.

Besides that, those types of ads are generally all overshoots; I'm guessing it's basically designed to immediately scare off anyone who's grossly underqualified, and then go from there.
The op's point was that the experience requirements were ridiculous since Microsoft only released C# in 2002 hence making it impossible for anyone to have 8 years of experience with C#.

 

AdamK47

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Originally posted by: Tom
Doesn't seem unreasonable for a job paying 125k a year.

That's probably more than the King of Iowa makes.

As the king of Iowa, I would have to agree.
 

Riverhound777

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Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: tranceport
100k/yr isn't that much these days...

Minimum wage is closing in on 100k :)

I'm gonna have to chime in with that guy that's crying "middle class is dying"... But you're right, 100K isn't much these days...

I'm barely making $30k out of college... I'd love to be making 60k. 100k would be insane for me. You people are nuts.
 

Elderly Newt

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Originally posted by: Riverhound777
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: tranceport
100k/yr isn't that much these days...

Minimum wage is closing in on 100k :)

I'm gonna have to chime in with that guy that's crying "middle class is dying"... But you're right, 100K isn't much these days...

I'm barely making $30k out of college... I'd love to be making 60k. 100k would be insane for me. You people are nuts.

Yeah, I don't know what he's talking about either. 100k/yr is very good money in the vast majority of the US.
 

zephyrprime

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Originally posted by: Riverhound777
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: tranceport
100k/yr isn't that much these days...

Minimum wage is closing in on 100k :)

I'm gonna have to chime in with that guy that's crying "middle class is dying"... But you're right, 100K isn't much these days...

I'm barely making $30k out of college... I'd love to be making 60k. 100k would be insane for me. You people are nuts.
Don't worry. They're just lying. I only make 42K

 

torpid

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I doubt there are more than a handful of people with 8 years of WORK experience in c#. Wasn't it in alpha or early beta then? I don't know how many companies would be stupid enough to use an unstable product like that for any serious project.