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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.
>=20
> That said there are lots of small business that can't go of shore, I
> plan on working with them when possible.

Maybe I am nuts, but the more Free Software comes along, the less
important this becomes.  The reason I say this is offshore development
is pretty much useless except for large coding projects.

If there is sufficient Free Software available a good consultant wont be
'writing' much software, but rather putting together 'solutions'.=20
Anyone will tell you its best to 'solve problems' in a hands on fashion
with people that speak the same language.  I mean most implementations
have problems when both sides speak the same natural language. ;)

That said, I think that as Free Software (and its reuse matures) the
paid Software Engineer will have a much different (and probably bleak)
look at life, but Information Technology consultants as a whole, will
just slightly restructure the makings of their job titles.

--=20
Derek Neighbors
GNU Enterprise
http://www.gnuenterprise.org
derek@gnue.org

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