Ask HN: I have just turned down my first contract. Am I an idiot?

Re:Ask HN: I have just turned down my first contract. Am I a... by eb0la on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @05:46AM (#12957026)

1900 Eur/Month ¿before or after taxes? There is a huge difference (1900 gross will be about 1200-1400/month after taxes).

20k/yr is a average salary for a junir developer in Spain. 30-35k/yr for an experienced one (5+ years). 35-45k for a manager.

The red flag for me is the lack of information about your role in the company. This means peope in HR don't have a clue about what is going on. Probably you'd be outsourced to a client (a sign of the non-negotiable money amount).

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Re:Ask HN: I have just turned down my first contract. Am I a... by hamtaroPhD06 on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @09:54AM (#12958450)

1900 and change after taxes.

Indeed it is indeed for another company (client). I would have been dispatched to a French telco operator as a developer/engineer.

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Re:Ask HN: I have just turned down my first contract. Am I a... by eb0la on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @10:36AM (#12958831)

Telcos are very hard places to live today.

16-18 years ago money was flowing in without stop and now it's the oppossite.

I would go to a telco again only if I could work in a big data product.

Telcos have the best dataset available; but they cannot sell it for regulatory reasons. Banks have the second best (where money is spent), but face the same problem.

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Re:Ask HN: I have just turned down my first contract. Am I a... by hamtaroPhD06 on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @11:53AM (#12959767)

The position offered to me was not as interesting.

Basically I would have been developing their PHP/JavaEE website where they display news, sport, weather, announcements, etc.. With some interaction stats behind.

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