Posted by Andrew DeFaria on 09/26/97 11:23

Chung Leong wrote:

> There's reasonable, and then there is what the market will pay.

Then there's just plain unreasonable like the following during the
height of the dot com bust:
https://defaria.com/blogs/General/archives/000099.html

> Twenty dollar a hour isn't a whole lot in California,

$20/hour might be a whole lot in say Modoc County but not in Orange County.

> but that's pretty much the going rate for a junior programmer
> position. I have seen companies advertise "internship" position for
> fifteen even. Since earning in IT depends so much on work experience,
> applicants probably weren't
> lacking.
>
> Increase of asking for a raise, it might be more prudent to seek extra
> hours.


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