[Gllug] VACANCY: MySQL Database Architect (Reading, Berkshire, UK)
Joel Bernstein
joel at fysh.org
Fri Feb 13 17:11:32 UTC 2009
2009/2/13 Joel Bernstein <joel at fysh.org>:
> 2009/2/13 jt at camalyn.org <jt at camalyn.org>:
>> From Ealing Broadway by train you could be in Reading within 50
>> minutes and some people might be going the other way in to Paddington
>> but still having to endure a further commute by tube. As I've said the
>> company in Reading are offering flexible working hours - i.e. start
>> early, leave early for example - they don't run fixed core hours (i.e.
>> 9-5).
>>
>> the Reading location may not work for some people but for others it
>> might work. also the working environment, client and general experience
>> they can gain might outweigh the general concern of having to travel to
>> Reading.
>
> Maybe I'm wearing rose-tinted specs but I don't think anybody's cast
> any particular aspersions on the job itself or the salary it offers.
> Although it has been argued that the salary will be considered as
> lower in real terms given the cost to *get* to Reading for most of the
> list denizens.
That said, I have just seen an ad arrive in my inbox for an almost
identical MySQL DB Architect / DBA role in Reading paying 65k, so
maybe the salary James offered really isn't that great after all.
Of course, I'm not really a MySQL DBA but that's pimps and spamming for you :-)
/joel
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