That's true, I didn't think about this at first - it's difficult to make it as a programmer with market dilution.
On Oct 25, 10:38 pm, "Marty Alchin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking as someone who's tried their hand at both sides of the coin, > I definitely agree with you, Ross. I'm currently employed, but when I > was trying to make it as a contractor (because a job fell through), I > couldn't land a single job because of the market dillution. Working in > PHP as I was, I found that I was competing against high school and > college students, whose bills are paid by their parents, and can > afford to spend weeks on end getting paid next to nothing. And yes, > the quality of their work showed. > > The trouble with most good developers is that they're not willing to > work for cheap change. And it often has little to do with getting paid > appropriately for their skill level. For me, and many others, the high > price is necessary because we have families and mortgages to support. > Contracting for a low price is only good for a certain type of people, > and that pool doesn't contain very many quality developers. > > Just keep in mind that contractors don't have an endless pool of jobs > to choose from, where they can just pick whatever price they feel > like. They have to make sure that each job can sustain them until they > secure another job. It's not a fun way to live unless you're already > very well established. > > -Gul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
