Comparable salaries for Linux people? (Rich Braun)

[aldo albanese]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:45:58AM -0500, Rich Braun wrote:
> As y'all know I've often posted here looking for staff.  At the moment I have
> 5 open positions (no, I am not looking for a ton of recruiter calls!).
> 
> One of the reasons I have these openings is growth of the project.  I'm
> posting about the other reason:  a non-stop onslaught of poaching by
> high-paying firms in the area; I've lost 3 of my best people in the past 8
> months.  All of them found greener pastures not far from my Kendall Square
> office.
> 
> I'm starting to believe my HR department is getting tremendously incorrect
> salary-comparison data and that 2010 is shaping up to be a banner year for
> tech compensation at least for Linux people in greater Boston.  Where can I
> turn for real data about what the likes of Microsoft, Google, MIT/Harvard,

Hi Rich,

I would be interested in your research results.  I think we (as linux admins) would like to know where we stand pay wise.

Thanks,
Aldo