On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > I wouldn't say it's an objection to paying a few hundred dollars, it's an > inability to come up with the funds to do so for the little guy.
I'm sorry, but if the "little guy" can't afford $200 or even $400 for some software that makes his job possible / easier, then he doesn't deserve to be in business. What on earth kind of living can someone be making from selling software services where a few hundred bucks can't be covered by their rate on a project? That's crazy talk. As Matt R and other have said: "thats peanuts". I feel the same when I hear people complain about how they "can't afford" to attend conferences. It's bullshit if you care about your career and actually make a living out of it! All the time I've been freelance (three occasions, up to five years a piece), I've set aside money for training / conferences as part of my career plan so that I stay current and marketable and I learn shit that makes me a better, more productive developer. Stuff like this is just the cost of doing business in this industry. Professionals invest in themselves. If someone is really living hand-to-mouth as a software developer and can't afford a few hundred dollars on software, then they need to go get a new career. Software pays well and if you can't make money at it... -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334880 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
