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Now that all my children have grown and moved out. I will value my time alone peace and quite. I would rather spend time play video games (FO4 anyone) than on the phone.
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Leng Vang wrote: the pay is among the best ($250-300K)
Geez, at that pay rate, I would have happily written a diagnostic flowchart script and call-forwarded my phone to a call center in India, probably could get away with paying them $15K to take the calls. 
Marc
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See my response to him. I call bullshit
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Yes, one could. Only if those from India could support the internal business, like AWS and boss's demands.
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Yeah, highest I've never seen was for 150K-200k, and the 200k was working as a dev on wall street where living expenses are incredibly high.
Jeremy Falcon
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Leng Vang wrote: the pay is among the best ($250-300K)
As a developer?... Ya right.
I've been coding for 30+ years, and I'm not afraid to say that I'm dam good... and I don't make anywhere near 250K, let alone 300K
I call bull$hit.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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I suggest you send your resume to Amazon.com recruiters right now.
The position may be still available now (they have thousands open). I only turn it down last week. You have to move to Seatle, WA (relocation and sign on bonus paid). The position is Software Developer Engineer III. I didn't made these up.
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I've seen Amazon develop job postings before. Not one ever even approached that kind of money.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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You should show more cleavage then.
Jeremy Falcon
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Maybe hike my skirt up a bit?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Do it. You got kids to feed after all.
Jeremy Falcon
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.... and zero scruples 
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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As long as there's not zero underwear.
I'm pretty sure you don't look like Sharon Stone.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Things have changed recently. Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon are really compete for the scarce resource of skilled developers. I, like you, have over 30+ years of development under our belt and with that we also have a lot of architecture experience too, that's why they are really looking for.
Here is the recruiter's info:
Julian Sanchez | Senior Client Lead, Consumer Recruiting | Amazon
E: sanchju@amazon.com P: 206-508-9679
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I just started a new development position 2 months ago. Great pay, great benefits, stock options, etc.. Lot's of developers and other professionals here, including PhD's
.. and no one makes even close to 250-300.
Again, bull$hit.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Send your resume to:
Julian Sanchez | Senior Client Lead, Consumer Recruiting | Amazon
E: sanchju@amazon.com P: 206-508-9679
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Kevin I hate to tell you this but there are positions out there that pay that sort of money and more, I am of similar experience and have a niche position that is more than comparable.
The conditions may be crap but the raw income is excellent.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Agreed. I also worked myself in one of those "niche" positions and am compensated quite nicely for it.
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Outsource it 
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On-call perfectly balances my life because it has kept me single.
Quote: ($250-300K)
That's some really good money, though you might not ever get a chance to spend it. That is the kind of pay that leads to an early retirement; voluntary or not.
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I was on call for about two weeks on a project when the usual support person wasn't available.
The thing is that they can call you any time, so it limits you - you might have to not go out with friends or at the least take a laptop with you in case you need to handle a call.
Being called (waken up) in the middle of the night to resolve an issue isn't fun. It depends on what kind of person you are, but it can influence you in that you don't sleep well because you are expecting to be called.
I did get paid for the overtime though, so that was nice, but I wouldn't want do it again and definitely not for an extended period.
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As a freelancer, I'm usually the only contact my clients have with any technical knowledge at all (certainly regarding applications, sometimes regarding hosted websites etc too). Therefore, if there's a problem - I'm the only one who can fix it. That means effectively being permanently on-call not only for my "current" (active) clients but all my clients still running my software.
That means you might not have dealt with someone for 2 or 3 years, but if their hard-disk suddenly gets full, or a d/b gets corrupted, you either choose to deal with it, or you effectively write off any chance they might come back to you for future work. (as well as having to live with the knowledge you may have just caused their business to fail).
In fact problems are often a trigger for them to re-contact you, remember how f***ing awesome you are, and decide that they can't put off that enhancement project any longer.
I make sure all my clients fully understand I'm a one-man band, and simply can't be available 24x7x52, but that I will always do my best to get them out of whatever tight spot they get into, support-wise. Knowing that you're the go-to person for any problem really helps to focus the mind during development, too, as you need to account for those "once-in-a-year" edge cases; if you don't, you can bet they occur at the most inopportune time for you to fix.
You have to factor in "lifetime support" when billing for development; with a client who doesn't know you, that can seem expensive so you need good referrals and reputation.
Most importantly, you simply need to love doing what you do; then when you get called away from your favourite film, or some other thing you were really happy to be doing, it's not that big a sacrifice. The hard bit is being as equally "on-call" to family and friends. If a system goes down, get it back up and running a.s.a.p. and fix the root cause at a more convenient time.
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I hate using phones as a result...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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I'm probably the only geek in the room that doesn't have a cell phone. Others may not be able to function without one. But I hate phone with a vengeance.
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I have turned down a lot of 24/7 - 365 stuff.
But I "am" on call because of my consulting work. I have been called in at all hours, and remember a few years ago a 10pm call in, I left at 7am and slept the entire day.
I focus on having things setup so I am not needed like that.
(Fail to backup, start the restore. Or fail to backup, and WAIT until I wake up, LOL)
Nowadays with workers across the globe, hire some bloke in Australia or vice versa.
We have a few Russians to help cover the nights if we need it.
But we work to LIVE, not the other way around. Or at least we shouldn't.
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