Re: [Perl Jobs] very entry level (VISTA) cgi mod_perl and system scripter (onsite), United States, MA, Lowell
[email protected] (Chris Devers)
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Andrew Brosnan wrote: > On 7/5/04 at 6:51 PM, [email protected] (Perl Jobs) wrote: > >> Online URL for this job: http://jobs.perl.org/job/1625 >> >> Posted: July 5, 2004 >> >> Job title: >> very entry level (VISTA) cgi mod_perl and system scripter >> >> Location: United States, MA, Lowell >> >> Pay rate: $10,000 per year >> >> Terms of employment: Salaried employee >> >> Hours: Full time > > Minimum wage allowed by law in Massachusetts - $6.75 per hour > > Annual salary based on a 40 hour week at minimum wage - $14,040 > > Seeing a $10k per year job posting on the perl jobs list - priceless Yes, but they more or less explicitly state that it's charity work: Description: Spend a year as VISTA, (this is something like joining the peace corps) and write perl scripts for non profit organizations. Am I being naive, or isn't the whole point of non-profit / charity work to be willing to accept a pay cut in return for doing Good Things? My assumption is that people working for organizations like Greenpeace, Medecins Sans Frontiers [sp?], etc aren't in it for the money. I know absolutely nothing about this Vista program, but I wasn't surprised to see a non-profit being up-front about a low salary. -- Chris Devers