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$200k is absolutely not unreasonable for that position. I'd consider $100k to be the minimum reasonable, anything below that and you're drifting into "taken advantage of" territory.
This very much feels like a small business that had a "tech guy" who was willing to do whatever was needed, but has realized that he's being underpaid for his skill set. They're certainly free to go about replacing him however they want, but I just feel they could be doing it a lot better.
IT is way too complicated a field to not have vendor support, either in the form of warranties or outright service contracts.
If my livelihood began and ended with my website, I'd want someone more than just over Junior to take the reigns and go forth with it. I think that's my issue. I agree with your point and wish they were trying to go big. They have so many people that are masters at what they do, I want them to have that at every possible level because I know these people who would be great at it and fit the description 100%.
...it has so far? what are you trying to say here?
guys fucking penny-arcade is not daddy warbucks here. it is a SMALL FUCKING COMPANY
PARKER, YOU'RE FIRED! <-- My comic book podcast! Satan look here!
It's worked out pretty well for the last ten years.
That's 7+ years of experience. You think someone with a PhD equivalent knowledge should be making nothing?
It's funny watching this come up time and time again. Like, Fantasy Flight Games is small potatoes compared to WotC/Hasbro, and yet people expect them to have these massive support networks. I think it is just that people's perceptions of companies on the internet are skewed.
So far, it seems to work
I don't see what's the problem
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Do you think he was the same age 4 years ago that he is now, or is it possible that Kenneth ages as the rest of us do? Also, please show me where he said he was "making nothing".
websites are a lot simpler than you think they are
Penny-Arcade.com has been obscenely reliable and stable for the better part of a decade using more or less the same skeleton crew formula
for a site that serves as much traffic as they do, that is something
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
PARKER, YOU'RE FIRED! <-- My comic book podcast! Satan look here!
So we know you're a whore, we just need to negotiate price
Secret Satan 2013 Wishlist
like
really short
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that PA isn't supporting several board/tabletop games with new expansions/errata on a regular basis like FF has to
Or the exact same as the job description making less than that...
So what you're saying is the PA team has access to a time machine.
Interesting.
And *that* is a starry-eyed 20-something, who the OP claims not to be looking for. Also, looking for a junior person to be solely responsible for all the tech across their sites is shortsighted at best. They should be aiming higher.
Play Infinity
I'm saying that you're kind of an idiot.
Clearly they should be paying you a consulting fee for this brilliance.
Yeah. PA's job is much more involved than that, what with managing 3 conventions, 4-5 websites, weekly content, merchandise sales, advertising and PR for major video game publishers, and one of the larger gaming forums out there.
PA's a small company. They are also very realistic about their needs, and what they can offer.
Time travel, even if only in reverse, is one hell of an ancillary benefit of employment.
Secret Satan 2013 Wishlist
yep
I'm just a little taken back.
He's not saying he's "making nothing" but he's heavily implying through his choice wording and commentary that he's really not in a good position.
Maybe he is.
I don't know. But an alarming amount of people from my field seem to be agreeing with me. Either way, I don't really care, just cautioning against the wind that you get what you pay for. Even though no one really cares.
And then, tomorrow, I will eat some food. Probably too much food.
You guys do a great job maintaining everything as it's grown over the years (with the possible exception of PAX ticket time). But you've had a guy working for you for x years, you've grown over x years and he's grown into that position as well. He's learned as more things have come in and he's no longer a junior level person. Replacing him with the equivalent of what you were looking for ~10 years ago might be a bad idea. I'm not the same IT Professional I was 10 years ago. I'm not arguing, just discussing, and giving insight based on my knowledge and experience.
I think an issue broader than this particular PA job is that perpetual crunch time, overwork and underpay is a Missing Stair in the gaming and tech industry
You're correct. IT is way different than it was 10 years ago.
It's insanely easier.
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
If google didn't exist, 8 people would probably have to do my job.
You missed my point, but that's fine.
but it's a yearly salary
so like, would you kill a single person over a 12 month period? 1 person per year?
It is difficult for me to properly describe the extreme level of sheer prideful ignorance these sorts of posts convey.
You don't work at the company
You have no idea how the company is run
You have no idea how much it pays
You have no idea what their system looks like
You have no idea about anything relevant to the job posting other than you also work in IT
You do not know anyone who works at the company.
And yet. And yet, you find the situation well within your wheelhouse to analyse to the people who have all those things
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well the ideal is that one murder will net me a sustained payout of 200k a year.
but
maybe.