[plug] iiNet job on Seek

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On 11/9/06, Tomasz Grzegurzko <tomasz89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/9/06, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 11:55 +0800, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
> > > > Just for my curiosity, what would you expect to get in a job such as
> > > > that?
> > > >
> > > > Gavin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > If you're asking me specifically, I wasn't going for that job but a
> > > totally different one..
> > > Still Linux based though -- like I said cool stuff, really what drew
> > > me to apply there.
> >
> > Are you avoiding the question because discussion of salaries is a
> > sensitive issue ;-) ;-)
> >
> > I'm curious to know what sort of salary seems fair for IT positions
> > expecting a degree and several years experience.  What would have made
> > you happy to take a position, money-wise?  Anyone can chip in with
> > answers, I'm certainly not singling Tomasz out into the spotlight :-)
> >
> > Gavin
> >
>
> Okay I was a little sensitive but given the information is now old (>1
> year I think now) I suppose I can divulge. If iiNet are doing things
> the same way now, then I know nothing about it.
>
> I was going in for a network admin kind of job. The feeling I got was
> not a junior or senior position (right in between). They wanted Cisco
> certs (which I don't have), Linux (I have skills but no "official"
> certs), 24hr roster, and make me responsible for 40,000 connections.
> Also some side programming stuff (perl and other Linux based stuff
> like bash and who knows what more) as well as telephony (PABX, voip).
> I've had experience at an ISP, plus a degree. My initial wage was to
> be ~$32k but with certs and once I start working on the 24hr roster
> would go up to <$40k. At the time, I had a 9-5 working helpdesk (okay
> that sucks) but making >$40k and having a *real* easy time of it. I
> asked them for >$50k in the interview once I found out about the job
> (they made no mention of wages otherwise). On the phone call they gave
> me before the interview, I asked for a suggested wage of ~$50k before
> I found out more about the responsibility and 24hr roster stuff so I
> thought if they don't give at least 55 I'm outta here. Mainly the 24hr
> stuff scared me off to be honest -- I'm not a night person =)
>
> For a programming job, requiring a decent amount of skill (and this
> one sounds like it) I'd say at least >$40k for someone like myself.
> 'Course that depends on the person, for me I'm worth every penny hehe.
>
> Cheers,
> Tomasz
>

Sorry for THIS job they want heaps of skills and I agree with Shannon.
I was talking more generically about programming.

Tomasz