Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn

Re:Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn by ch4s3 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @04:12PM (#34072641)

Wow, $55/hour is pretty decent salary in most of the US today, kudos.

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Re:Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn by UncleOxidant on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @04:18PM (#34072725)

For software development, though, $55/hour doesn't seem great in 2022. I was getting $50/hr contracting back in 2002.

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Re:Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn by screwturner68 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @04:54PM (#34073206)

Yep I was getting $57/h in the spring of 2001, then the party stopped.

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Re:Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn by sizzle on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @09:29PM (#34075994)

What do you think you’d get today for a similar contract position if you had to guess? Really curious

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Re:Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn by ch4s3 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:12PM (#34073439)

Sure, but it was framed as a rebuilding step 20 years ago and inflation adjusted its like $165,000/yr. Making that in the trough of a recession after a lay off seems great to me.

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Re:Skilled tech workers snapped up despite downturn by tunesmith on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:06PM (#34073364)

It was 1099, not W2. But yeah, that contract is when things started feeling "normal" again.

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