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

In article <brucehoult-0508991607030001@bruce.bgh>, brucehoult@pobox.com
(Bruce Hoult) wrote:

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

They could get me for much less than that, depending on location, if
they'll allow me a few weeks to learn the language.  But do they ask?  Do
they even get the idea that for a programmer to learn a language is not a
real problem?  No.


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

A real programmer can and will pick up a language like a sponge picks up
water, given a reason to do so.  For some reason, I no longer have the
curiousity to do it on my own.
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