On Nov 7, 2:21 pm, "NW_Pilot"
wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in ooglegroups.com...

On Nov 7, 4:01 am, B A R R Y wrote:
NW_Pilot wrote:

Yea, The only ones that have lasted in the US have been ones that could
afford to keep with the times and technology.

And are willing to work short contract stints.

The main reason businesses go for short term contracts (which are
usually more expensive) is because is damn hard to find programmers
out there to hire. Its a very, very tight market for employers.

-Robert

It's almost as bad as the airlines there are programmers out there but no
one wants to pay the labor rates! So they outsource it to the u.s. prison
system or overseas to a poor third world country where people work for
almost nothing.


Man, that's certainly not what I'm seeing. Companies are paying at
least 6 figures now plus benefits if they can get someone. I just
interviewed a programmer with years of C and C++ experience. I asked
her what the keyword "virtual" means in C++ and she didn't know. I
asked her what they keyword "static" means in C in different places in
code and she had no idea. Its a very tough market out there to find
programmers who have done more than just write scripts for their IT
department.

-Robert