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

[brucehoult@pobox.com (Bruce Hoult)]

In article <7o8pbf$4rd@edrn.newsguy.com>, Charles Eicher
<ceicher@inav.net> wrote:

> Oh geez, I thought this was going to be another of those threads about the
> shortage of programmers, which is the excuse for companies importing cheaper
> talent from abroad. I was going to chip in my usual retort, that there is no
> shortage of programmers, there's just a shortage of programmers that will work
> for almost nothing.

Hmm.

I'll come clean and admit that I've been some of that "cheaper talent from
abroad" a couple of times in the last year.

Actually, I wasn't aware that I was cheaper -- I asked for a lot to make
up for travel expenses, living in a hotel, and being away from my family
for a couple of months, and they paid it.

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

It sure looked like a programmer shortage in the US to me!

-- Bruce