Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:44:50 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu> Subject: Re: BSD direction/Damonnews article Message-ID: <15134.27666.250178.828032@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010605215604.053fea90@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010605134751.00a9fd90@localhost> <20010604200851.A65559@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3B1BE69C.FD401663@pitt.edu> <20010605115941.B83419@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3B1D2BFB.B0256B6@pitt.edu> <3B1D2D30.E122644A@duth.gr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010605215604.053fea90@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > At 02:06 PM 6/5/2001, j mckitrick wrote: > >However, there will be needs that will not be filled quickly enough by these > >kinds of programmers, and there will be projects that none of them want to > >do. So, there will remain a market for programmers-for-hire to fill that > >need. > In short, programmers will be reduced to doing grunt work and dirty work > at low pay. All true, if you define "grunt work" as "more than 30% time spent doing things you don't want to do" and "low pay" as "less than Gates and Ellison make". Which pretty much describes the state of writing software for a living whether the GPL exists or not. Those interested in a more level-headed look at the salaries of engineers and programmers might want to check out Philip Greenspun's Career Guide <URL: http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/#achievement >. Philip managed to break out of the gruntwork for low pay model with software he gave away, at least until he let professional managers run the company. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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