04-02-2009
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Originally Posted by
hpicracing
Thanks for the answer about the accuracy about the information.
Okay, so most people here seem to be putting the starting salary around $50 - $75k a year. What would you say would be the salary after 5 yrs or 10yrs? I thought the thing about making millions sounded a bit odd. That's why I was asking around here about the accuracy of the info. I know I read on a forum a few months ago some guy said he and other system administrators he knew were making about $75 an hour after working about 10 yrs. Where I read this I think the same person said to expect expect about $40 - $50 per/hr starting salary and that you can add about $3 an hour per extra years experience in the job. Does this info sound about right? Sorry for all the questions
Thanks for all the help though... I really appreciate it!
I'm not a Server Admin, but more of an Application Server Admin, J2EE application servers, but they all run on Linux so most of my day is spent on Linux. Most people, unless their contractor's, are paid salary. Because for the company it makes more sense to pay us salary, b/c they know they don't want to pay that quadruple time when a server breaks on Christmas day and you have to work on it for 5 hours, which would obviously be equivalent of getting paid 20 hours.
So most of the jobs will be salaried, and because of that, if you have a nice boss, they are usually very lenient with your on-site working hours. I tend to come in around 830-9 every day, take an hour lunch, and leave around 430-5(yes I know I have a VERY lenient employer), but then again, I still end up working a minimum of 45-50 hours because so much of our work has to be done after hours and on Saturday night at midnight.
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LIST(3) 1 LIST(3)
list - Assign variables as if they were an array
SYNOPSIS
array list (mixed $var1, [mixed $...])
DESCRIPTION
Like array(3), this is not really a function, but a language construct. list(3) is used to assign a list of variables in one operation.
PARAMETERS
o $var1
- A variable.
RETURN VALUES
Returns the assigned array.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
list(3) examples
<?php
$info = array('coffee', 'brown', 'caffeine');
// Listing all the variables
list($drink, $color, $power) = $info;
echo "$drink is $color and $power makes it special.
";
// Listing some of them
list($drink, , $power) = $info;
echo "$drink has $power.
";
// Or let's skip to only the third one
list( , , $power) = $info;
echo "I need $power!
";
// list() doesn't work with strings
list($bar) = "abcde";
var_dump($bar); // NULL
?>
Example #2
An example use of list(3)
<table>
<tr>
<th>Employee name</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
<?php
$result = $pdo->query("SELECT id, name, salary FROM employees");
while (list($id, $name, $salary) = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM)) {
echo " <tr>
" .
" <td><a href="info.php?id=$id">$name</a></td>
" .
" <td>$salary</td>
" .
" </tr>
";
}
?>
</table>
Example #3
Using nested list(3)
<?php
list($a, list($b, $c)) = array(1, array(2, 3));
var_dump($a, $b, $c);
?>
int(1)
int(2)
int(3)
Example #4
Using list(3) with array indices
<?php
$info = array('coffee', 'brown', 'caffeine');
list($a[0], $a[1], $a[2]) = $info;
var_dump($a);
?>
Gives the following output (note the order of the elements compared in which order they were written in the list(3) syntax):
array(3) {
[2]=>
string(8) "caffeine"
[1]=>
string(5) "brown"
[0]=>
string(6) "coffee"
}
NOTES
Warning
list(3) assigns the values starting with the right-most parameter. If you are using plain variables, you don't have to worry about
this. But if you are using arrays with indices you usually expect the order of the indices in the array the same you wrote in the
list(3) from left to right; which it isn't. It's assigned in the reverse order.
Warning
Modification of the array during list(3) execution (e.g. using list($a, $b) = $b) results in undefined behavior.
Note
list(3) only works on numerical arrays and assumes the numerical indices start at 0.
SEE ALSO
each(3), array(3), extract(3).
PHP Documentation Group LIST(3)