Who says the IT market is tough? $240k/year web dev job!

[BlooInBloo]

In Iraq as a contractor.

http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=JRGCM&ff=21&APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=J8E27R758MWRHR3QTG9&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=d168f2488c9c4ad9ad89deec019651d0-238774566-RW-4&ns_siteid=

Description
Title: Web Developer (must have secret clearance)
Job Type: 3 month contract (could go shorter)
Salary: $20k per month
Location: Iraq
Start date: ASAP with 2 weeks training (one in Washington DC and another in Ft. Bening GA)
# of Openings: 1

Summary:A principal Department of Defense agency is looking for programmers, developers or coders to code, support field deployment and maintenance of a new database application which will be used by Army units in Iraq. Scope These are full-time positions (12/7) located at one of the major US Bases in IRAQ. Deployment will be period of 3 months. Training on the application software will begin prior to deployment and will take place in Virginia. These positions are available for full time employment or for independent contractors. These positions are available now

[quiet.american]

1. Sounds like a job to die for! n/t

[BlooInBloo]

2. "could go shorter" - LOLOL!!

[jtrockville]

3. After 3 months will you get redeployed whether you want to or not?

[BlooInBloo]

10. I was thinking they might have actuarial tables showing your life expectancy doesn't go that long.

[Kingshakabobo]

11. LOL. That reminds of what Rodney Dangerfield said on the way in to the hospital...

.....for his heart surgery.....

When asked how long he would be hospitalized, he said, "If all goes well, about a week. If not, about an hour-and-a-half."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield

[BlooInBloo]

12. ROFL!!! Exactly.

[Jack Sprat]

4. Sheeeze. That sure makes our IT techs in

the Armed Forces feel good. We are paying these mercenaries, aren't we? I mean, out of the defense budget?

[BlooInBloo]

5. Hm - I wonder if stop-loss orders can be challenged on monopolistic grounds?

Artificially holding wages down & all, when the market supports a MUCH higher price.

[originalpckelly]

6. I like RC airplanes, and they advertise on those sites for predator pilots.

It's obviously because most of the people on those sites have, in some cases, literally decades of experience flying those small crafts.

I don't like that, however, those sites are usually crawling with freepers. (You should see some of things these idiots post.)

[wakeme2008]

7. Wouldn't do it unless it was for a min of 330 days :)

that where the first $80,000 is tax free. :evilgrin:

[TahitiNut]

13. 12/7 in a combat zone? Pshaw! Been there. Done that.

... for a HELLUVA lot less and a helluva lot longer. :shrug:

I guess the 74F40 MOS has been outsourced. Go figure.

[high density]

8. I think if you have clearance you're all set for life

But it seems getting there is pretty much a catch-22 situation for most people.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Yup - there's little point in advertising the job to the general public...

... if it requires DoD security clearance.