[BC] The wrong way to deal with tech budgets

[Alex Hartman]

I always said i'd go back to commercial radio for minimum wage... Paid 24/7/365. That's a $70k/yr job here in my neck of the woods. Unfortunately, nobody's taken me up on my offer yet. :P

The premise being is that if they want me available 24/7/365 holidays, weekends, etc. They're going to pay to have that availability. Simple as that... And i'm only 30...  A hobby is one thing, making a living is another. If you cross the 2, realize that one has to pay for the other. :)

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Alex Hartman

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff at rfproof.com> wrote:
>Those of us who do this as an extension of our hobbies are mostly 60+,
>myself included.

>A recognized component of my salary presently and with Xavier was for being
>on call '24/7, 365, nights, weekends and holidays'. 'Business hours' people
>simply do not 'get it' in general. "Well, when are you off??" "Um, never,
>except when I am out-of-town a few days of the year. That gives them a
>different viewpoint - 'never off'!

>When the supply of hobby-based technical 'Renaissance' folks like us is
>gone, then salaries will rise.

>"Our transmitter is off, and my eMail does not work, call the engineer!"
>"Well he died two months ago, and no one else can do it all." "Oh."

>Jeff.Johnson at rfproof.com

>At 11:49 AM 11/20/2010, Dana  Puopolo wrote:
>>Engineering has always been considered a cost center. Unfortunately in radio
>>many managers don't make the connection between a well funded engineering
>>department and the 'big picture' of the radio station running well.
>>
>>That's the BIG difference between radio and other industries today....
>>
>>-D