[geeks] [barf-bag required] $13 an hour for Unix geeks, spit...

[Nadine Miller]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> From: Nadine Miller <velociraptor at gmail.com>
>> Date: 2008/05/20 Tue PM 04:15:32 EDT
>> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>> Subject: Re: [geeks] [barf-bag required] $13 an hour for Unix geeks, spit...
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> On the flip side of that, a friend just told me similar 1099 positions 
>> are going for around $35/hr in Houston.
> 
> And I suspect the cost of living in Houston is about 2 -2.5 times what it is in Mechanicsburg, PA.

Certainly more expensive, but I'm pretty sure not 2x or 2.5x.  Houston 
is still pretty affordable.  My alma mater town, College Station was 
ranked 13th in the top 20 most affordable housing prices 2 yrs ago.

=Nadine=