From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 27 14:27:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from tougas.net (psd70.ab.ca [199.216.39.251]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8051A37B52F for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:27:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dtougas@tougas.net) Received: (from dtougas@localhost) by tougas.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA00455 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:26:56 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from dtougas) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:26:51 -0600 From: Damien Tougas To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Working in the United States Message-ID: <20000427152650.A384@tougas.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message