[OT] partialy I was wondering what suggestions for programing
Bryan Richard
bryan at booknerd.net
Mon Feb 9 03:09:12 CST 2004
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:17:00AM -0600, Michael Shaw wrote:
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> Finally as a recently laid off programmer with 25 years service I'd
> caution you to seriously consider going into the programming field. Today
> with all the off-shoring by taking place in corporate America programming is
> an imploding career field salary-wise. $60,000/yr american programmers now
> have to compete against $6,000/yr programmers in India, and we're losing
> fast. Hack programmers no longer cut it. You must know your stuff across a
> wide range of topics (client/server, GUI/Web interfaces, DBMS's, SQL, etc)
> and know it well to compete. It would also help to be in a niche market
> such as device drivers.
That's awful but it's also something I have been thinking about
lately. The rate of information rollover for technology is starting to
concern me. In 25 years how many times has your skillset needed serious
refreshing? I think I've read that in IT, knowledge only last 5 years. I
know that none of the Java programming I did in '97-99 is relevant.
I ask b/c I'm thinking of leaving technology altogether w/in the next ten
years to teach anthropology. The technology of 2,000 years ago seems
much more stable than what we do some days...
Best of luck,
- Bryan
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