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Old 05-22-2010, 06:51 PM
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Oil and gas company pays low to IT contractor, because interanl IT department is back office. It is not critical. It can be outsourced easily. I found non oil and gas companies pay more to IT contractor.
I am a contractor for an oil and gas firm. I get paid decent, but probably would get paid much more outside of this industry. I'm content with the people i work with and job, so i won't be leaving unless they laid me off. Yes, for IT in an oil and gas, they don't pay as much as people think.
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Old 05-23-2010, 12:24 PM
 
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Do these hourly rates for IT exist in Houston? What I found in Houston IT contractor hourly rate is between 50-70. Full time software developer with 8-10 year experience make around 98k. It seems 100k is good salary for IT full time employee and 140k for contractor. The demand for IT is not strong. Not many IT job opportunities in Houston. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I would say, in general, this is correct except there are many jobs available. Not as many as LA or Boston perhaps but those cities are expensive, the pay isn't much better, and therefore more jobs stay open.

SteveArmy is suggesting that who you know is more important than what you know. Unfortunately, he is correct.

But as far as the OP - Java and C#.net programming are two of the best paying areas in IT. There are some niches that are really good like SAP also.
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Old 05-23-2010, 12:27 PM
 
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luxury car salesman without degrees can make a $100k
Yes but the hours are horrible. I can work part time coding and make $140k a year.
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Old 05-23-2010, 01:15 PM
 
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But as far as the OP - Java and C#.net programming are two of the best paying areas in IT. There are some niches that are really good like SAP also.
I cant 100% agree on that. these days techs should really see java, .net, python etc as JUST the language. anyone can grab a book and sound like they speak them. people need to be targetting what product is being built and how that can define your future and your current pay. All the big name third party vendor products have opened up to java, c, and .net programming. its the in thing, so try to find jobs under Solarc, Rightangle, Murex, Endur, Triplepoint etc. go for any job description with "experience with XXX sotware is a plus" even if you dont have experience. This side of the industry actually likes tired developers, the kind that dont excited with all that hooplah OO coding anymore. This is the get-it-done energy trading front end, you(IT) help me, I(trading floor) help you support model, just like back in 1997!

I found it hard to believe even to this day that every contractor on my floor is getting paid $270k atleast. I even know this QA person who made $330k (with OT)last year. WTF right? she doesnt even do anything but click 'run' buttons we provided
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Old 06-01-2010, 08:48 AM
 
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so how does new residents of Houston find IT jobs? Search Dice or Monster or can you guys suggest any recruiter. I am working in FL making 100K in IT field > 12 years experience. I am considering moving to Houston area for better market.
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Old 06-01-2010, 12:22 PM
 
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I cant 100% agree on that. these days techs should really see java, .net, python etc as JUST the language. anyone can grab a book and sound like they speak them. people need to be targetting what product is being built and how that can define your future and your current pay. All the big name third party vendor products have opened up to java, c, and .net programming. its the in thing, so try to find jobs under Solarc, Rightangle, Murex, Endur, Triplepoint etc. go for any job description with "experience with XXX sotware is a plus" even if you dont have experience. This side of the industry actually likes tired developers, the kind that dont excited with all that hooplah OO coding anymore. This is the get-it-done energy trading front end, you(IT) help me, I(trading floor) help you support model, just like back in 1997!

I found it hard to believe even to this day that every contractor on my floor is getting paid $270k atleast. I even know this QA person who made $330k (with OT)last year. WTF right? she doesnt even do anything but click 'run' buttons we provided
Have you met someone who comment you as just a contractor? I found some IT people in TX are proud to be full time employees although they are low paid.
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Old 06-01-2010, 02:20 PM
 
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Have you met someone who comment you as just a contractor? I found some IT people in TX are proud to be full time employees although they are low paid.
yes. its a texan thing that roots from the dirty oil blue collar job sites/towns. those prarie/cow girls who barely finished highschool only hump people with *stable* jobs. like firemen
actually my ex from kazahstan thinks i'm *only a contractor*. theyre big in oil exploration too
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Old 06-01-2010, 08:04 PM
 
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Wow, you guys need to introduce me to those nice paying IT jobs.
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Old 06-01-2010, 08:44 PM
 
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What are the good secure sales job that pay well?
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Old 06-01-2010, 09:04 PM
 
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Most IT people are not going to have SteveArmy's "luck". I know lots of good contract programmers in Houston making $45 or $50 an hour 1099. The wages here are no better than LA or Atlanta or most other places. Which isn't to say they are bad. Programming is a good gig. But this is not IT utopia either.
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