Just on the subject of programmer salaries, I was talking with someone who had much more experience in the computing industry than myself and he pointed out something I'd never known. He said that programmer salaries from pre-bubble days was six-figures, and that we're still in that range, and not higher is proof that salaries have been kept low. Six-figures today is not what six-figures was worth in 1998. Inflation alone from $100,000 1998 to 2014 is $144,877.91 using http://www.usinflationcalculator.com
And yes, I don't trust anyone who cries foul about a shortage of workers and then offers 40% under market wages, anecdote of course.
And yes, I don't trust anyone who cries foul about a shortage of workers and then offers 40% under market wages, anecdote of course.