Re: * Oracle DBA Needed in Phoenix..

My turn. As someone with a current salary of $0.00, if I were to take a job with a 75k base, it would take _years_ to work my way back up to my most recent salary.

(We're talking NY, so cost of living and salaries are higher than in many other places.)

Although, as you write, Dick, I'm looking to the future with my seat firmly in the present. In the future I see a clear possibility of hungry children who need diapers, ambling about in tattered clothing. (Violins, anyone?) At which time, 75k may seem like alot.

(Ok - it's really not that bad - only one of the kids needs diapers, the clothing shouldn't tatter for at least two or three months, and the kids are ALWAYS hungry anyway.)

The question is a good one, 75k now or wait a few months, lose thousands and thousands of dollars, but get a salary commensurate with where I've been.

A six month consulting gig would work awfully well now.

Yosi

dgoulet_at_vicr.com wrote:

> OH, I've stayed out of this one, but I think a word or two should be acceptable.
>
> $75K with minimal relocation may be cheap upfront, but if your current salary is
> $0.00 then this is better, even if the relocation $$$ are not what one would
> expect. Besides, I started here at $36K some 9 years ago & pretty darn soon
> their going to crack the $100K barrier. So look to the future, even if one must
> live in the present (when one is at the bottom of the barrel, all roads point
> up).
>
> Besides I understand Arizona is a low cost of living state.
>
> Dick Goulet
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Author: "Koivu; Lisa" <lisa.koivu_at_efairfield.com>
> Date: 7/6/2001 12:09 PM
>
> Here we go again! OCP means You Read The Book and Passed 5 Tests,
> Congratulations, Thank You for Your Money!
> Experience is what counts.
>
> $75,000 is middle ground. Again, I say! Middle ground salary with menial
> relocation package? CHEEEEEEAP!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ef 8454 [SMTP:ef8454_at_hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 2:42 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: * Oracle DBA Needed in Phoenix..
> >
> > $75,000 is pretty good. Our company (in Washington, DC) just hire a
> > ORACLE
> > DBA. He claimed he have OCP
> > certificate and ONLY asked $60,000.
> >

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