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Date:      Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:26:51 -0600
From:      Damien Tougas <damien@tougas.net>
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Working in the United States
Message-ID:  <20000427152650.A384@tougas.net>

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Hello,

I am currently working in Canada, and have just come across a
potential oppurtunity to work in the US, and now I have a whole bunch
of questions.

First of all, this company is asking me how much I would like to get
paid. Perhaps someone could give some ideas as to what the average salary
would be for a job encompassing the following type of work:

- Internet server administration (FreeBSD)
- Web/CGI/SQL development
- FreeBSD server setup/admin for misc. networking purposes such as
  VPNs, firewalls, etc.

This is my background:

- University degree in Civil Engineering
- 3 Years work experience in Civil Engineering
- 2 Years full time experience in hardware/networking/administration
  with Windows NT and FreeBSD
- Experience with developing in PHP, Perl, MySQL, and PostgreSQL

So, knowing that, could anyone be able tell me what type of wage is
reasonable? I have a fairly good idea what I would like if it were in
Canada, but I have no idea what would be reasonable for the US. There
are lots of things to think about such as the cost of living,
medicare, housing prices, etc. I don't want to end up losing out in
the end. The location of this new job would be in a smaller town in
southern Washington state, so I don't think the prices will be too
outragous.

If there are any other Canadians out there who have done this, any
advice you have to offer would be of great benefit.

Thank you.

-- 
Damien Tougas, P.Eng.
Phone: (780)434-5889
Fax: (780)434-5889
E-mail: damien@tougas.net
http://www.tougas.net


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