3 ms·

I make 50% of minimum wage in my professional full time job as a PHP web developer in the UK, so at this moment in time, "only just minimum wage" looks pretty d

I make 50% of minimum wage in my professional full time job as a PHP web developer in the UK, so at this moment in time, "only just minimum wage" looks pretty darn good.

Alan01252 14y ago
You are kidding me right? Are you on internship?
- shanelja 14y ago
  I seem to have answered your question in the comment above before seeing this one :)
indiecore 14y ago
How do you make less than minimum wage legally at a full time job?
- shanelja 14y ago
  It's an apprenticeship, I work 40 hours per week at 2.60 per hour, I have rent to pay, council tax, bills, transport, etc. I came in to the job with 2 years freelancing experience, but as I had just moved countries from Spain I took the first offer I got, which was my current job. My family all live in another country so I live on my own, after taking housing benefits in to account, I have £12 per month to myself (that's for food too, I eat a lot of noodles) - unfortunately, this is just a tradeoff I had to make in order to get myself working in this industry, everyone has to start somewhere. I've been looking for a better paying job for the last couple of weeks and have some interviews, but to be honest, I figured most companies would jump at the chance of getting a 3 year PHP freelancer with a years experience with CodeIgniter, Joomla (1.5 and 2.5) integration and his own Google certified individual in Analytics and Adwords certificates. Also, if you know anyone who is hiring in the north of England, please send me their email or url, might as well use HN to find jobs too as the "who's hiring" topic very rarely features PHP jobs in England.
JohnLBevan 14y ago
My guess is he's a self employed guy without the contracts coming in, or employed PHP web developer who also works in the evenings & weekends for a fixed annual salary which is then taxed?
- shanelja 14y ago
  I answered this in the comment below yours :)

I make 50% of minimum wage in my professional full time job as a PHP web developer in the UK, so at this moment in time, "only just minimum wage" looks pretty darn good.

Alan01252 14y ago

You are kidding me right? Are you on internship?

shanelja 14y ago
I seem to have answered your question in the comment above before seeing this one :)

indiecore 14y ago

How do you make less than minimum wage legally at a full time job?

shanelja 14y ago
It's an apprenticeship, I work 40 hours per week at 2.60 per hour, I have rent to pay, council tax, bills, transport, etc. I came in to the job with 2 years freelancing experience, but as I had just moved countries from Spain I took the first offer I got, which was my current job. My family all live in another country so I live on my own, after taking housing benefits in to account, I have £12 per month to myself (that's for food too, I eat a lot of noodles) - unfortunately, this is just a tradeoff I had to make in order to get myself working in this industry, everyone has to start somewhere. I've been looking for a better paying job for the last couple of weeks and have some interviews, but to be honest, I figured most companies would jump at the chance of getting a 3 year PHP freelancer with a years experience with CodeIgniter, Joomla (1.5 and 2.5) integration and his own Google certified individual in Analytics and Adwords certificates. Also, if you know anyone who is hiring in the north of England, please send me their email or url, might as well use HN to find jobs too as the "who's hiring" topic very rarely features PHP jobs in England.

JohnLBevan 14y ago

My guess is he's a self employed guy without the contracts coming in, or employed PHP web developer who also works in the evenings & weekends for a fixed annual salary which is then taxed?

shanelja 14y ago
I answered this in the comment below yours :)