Also not fair to totally point the finger at IBM who are probably paying, AT LEAST, double the money being quoted.
I believe head-hunters, or at least the ones I have spoken with, in North America have as much integrity of your average lawyer. Jim S -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane Sent: 27 March 2006 19:06 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Wonder why IBM code quality is suffering? > With respect to the conclusions one could draw, here they are: > > 1. Somebody is (was?) looking for a PLX programmer. > 2. Somebody would have made a nice profit at that asking price. > > With respect to the educated guesses beyond that, here they are: > > 3. At that asking price, somebody probably didn't find a PLX programmer. 4. Kite-flying exercise successfully concluded, local Congressman gets petitioned that no Americans have the necessary skill-set, and so cheap resources should be allowed to be imported. Cynic ??? - who, where ... Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html