[ale] pay rates vs. experience

[Leam Hall]

To a degree I agree with the views on hopping, on the other hand you're 
not likely to get a raise where you are that would compare to a new job.

I've had both long and short term positions and I like to stay if the 
job gives me the chance to actually do good things technically and 
professionally. And not work with idiots, that's a biggie.

On the other hand, some folks need to move around a bit to find their 
niche. Admins move less than developers, generally, but if someone had a 
few short engagements I'd worry less about them than the person who did 
the same job at the same place for 5-10 years. How current are their 
skills and can they actually perform?

Leam


On 04/27/2012 08:54 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Sometimes stepping down to get ahead is the way to go.
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> When I made the move from Accounting to IT I took a massive pay cut to do it but within 2 years was back where I had been in pay and then the tech boom took off and Admin rates really accelerated.  When I left that first IT job (where I got promoted twice) for another one my pay increased dramatically and after a year I got promoted at that new job and my pay had nearly doubled from the previous one.
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> Interesting to me about the tech boom was it was hard to find Admins then and you'd see resumes of people that clearly were just job hopping every 6 months for raises.   By and large we would pass on such folks and I said that if the boom ended those would be the ones who had the hardest time finding jobs.
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> An interesting salary survey I just read noted that pay rates seem to be dependent on department size.   The bigger the admin staff the higher the pay rates.
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