Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

[Matt Curtin <cmcurtin@interhack.net>]

>>>>> On Thu, 05 Aug 1999 16:07:03 +1200,
    brucehoult@pobox.com (Bruce Hoult) said:

[I'm not exactly sure where to direct followups, but I am beginning to 
wonder if it's on topic for *any* of the groups to which it's posted.]

Bruce> If US$85/hour for programming Java is "cheap" then please tell
Bruce> me where you work and I'll go there next time!

I was offered $100/hr for Java development, but it was for full-time
on-site development in Manhattan and they wanted me to wear a suit.
Blah.  (The amount of money that would have to be spent getting around
that infernal island would make the "real income" orders of magnitude
less.)

In my previous post, I failed to point out that if money IS your
primary motivator, you can get lots of contract work at good rates.
The problem is that I find a lot of this work neither challenging nor
rewarding.  (Which is fine, because a lot of what I find interesting
and worthwhile bores other folks...)

(Why is this going to comp.sys.apple2?  Oh well, while I'm hitting
that group, I'll say hi to everyone still reading.)

-matt (The original GNO FAQ guy)

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Matt Curtin cmcurtin@interhack.net http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/