Re: pittance

Personally, I think it's a simple question of supply and demand.

I think wages will improve as the supply of competent geeks starts to
evaporate. This, however, is apt to take another year or so. We are
seeing a lot of jobs posted but it will take time for our supply to
become more scarce.

I have heard that the number of people going into Comp Sci, for
instance, is greatly diminished. Like all things, there's an ebb and
flow.


On 4/11/04 at 12:47 PM, [email protected] (Ruben Safir Secretary
NYLXS) wrote:

> 
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 09:36:36AM -0700, DK Smith wrote:
> > What the fech is going on in the tech world? I am frustrated with
> > these pay rates. It is very disturbing, career-wise. Take for
> > example the job posting I share below... The only thing it has to
> > do with perl-jobs is that Perl must be used somewhere in the 70+
> > host infrastructure which they want managed and evolved! (so I hope
> > this post is OK).
> > 
> 
> Welcome to the real world.  This is why most serious working
> professions have seeked out government protection or unionization
> over time.  Individuals have almost zero chance of affected decent
> working wages in a brass tacks, no holds bar, laize-fare economy
> without either a professional License (ie: like attonies, doctors,
> accountants, plumbers and carpeters), or a Free labor Union (ie Auto
> Workers, Truck Drivers, UPS Workers, Steel Workers, Construction
> Workers, etc).
> 
> 
> Ruben 

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