Reminds me of when I was paid £6.66 / hr back in 2000 to do some VB6 work in a northern-England location. It was enough to pay for the rent / food over the summer holiday, but I appreciated the experience. So I think 7 would be underpaid compared to that, allowing for inflation. Well a true Scotsman knows how to get value for money :-)
I agree with the "ask for more but don't quit" sentiment (unless there are other reasons that make it worth quitting). It will pay dividends when you try to get your first full time job, as it proves you are employable and you will even have a reference to help you. So do good work there and be nice to them when you leave.
P.S. Try to get a MV* framework experience in PHP that will translated nicely into Ruby/.NET job rather than doing vanilla PHP ... if you can. Convince them to try it out if they are not, and then you have a nice "I'm awesome" story for your full-time job interview.
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Reminds me of when I was paid £6.66 / hr back in 2000 to do some VB6 work in a northern-England location. It was enough to pay for the rent / food over the summer holiday, but I appreciated the experience. So I think 7 would be underpaid compared to that, allowing for inflation. Well a true Scotsman knows how to get value for money :-)
I agree with the "ask for more but don't quit" sentiment (unless there are other reasons that make it worth quitting). It will pay dividends when you try to get your first full time job, as it proves you are employable and you will even have a reference to help you. So do good work there and be nice to them when you leave.
P.S. Try to get a MV* framework experience in PHP that will translated nicely into Ruby/.NET job rather than doing vanilla PHP ... if you can. Convince them to try it out if they are not, and then you have a nice "I'm awesome" story for your full-time job interview.