On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 17:04, David Mandala wrote:
> I can't and won't compete with $7 per hour which is what some overseas
> programmers are getting (and they are happy with it). I don't think
> their rates are going to come up much in the near future so I don't
> think it is going to level out.
> 
> That said there are lots of small business that can't go of shore, I
> plan on working with them when possible.
> 

An old, but still valid, axiom in the business world states that if you
can't compete on price, compete on quality.

> On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 16:37, Carl Parrish wrote:
> > Unlike in other industries I don't think this has to destroy us. Our
> > rates will come down. Their will come up. We're too plugged into a
> > global economy for it to stay to imbalanced. (pssst this would be a good
> > conversation to have in the consulting corner forum of carlparrish.com).
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