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David said: "It is also important to point out that over the last four years, rates have dropped precipitously." Yes, that's true for contractors, but not for employees. Pay scales for full time programmers have not dropped anytime in the last 28 years. David said: "The market has gone to hell in a handbasket, and it doesn't matter where you are." Again, for contractors. I am not fond of employing contractors in a "full time" environment. When I started with my current company 3 years ago we had 4 full time contract programmers. Some had been on contract here more than 5 years! Within a year I hired them. It's a whole different feeling toward them from their peers and their feeling toward the company is much better when they're employees. BTW, they all worked for a contracting company and they received raises to come on board. David said: "More bad news: I don't see the market improving on the horizon. In fact I am having trouble seeing the horizon!" It's because of that risk that I never went into independent contracting. There were times over the last decade that I could have probably doubled my salary but the worry over the future was more than I could handle. chuck Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer.
David said: "It is also important to point out that over the last four years, rates have dropped precipitously." Yes, that's true for contractors, but not for employees. Pay scales for full time programmers have not dropped anytime in the last 28 years. David said: "The market has gone to hell in a handbasket, and it doesn't matter where you are." Again, for contractors. I am not fond of employing contractors in a "full time" environment. When I started with my current company 3 years ago we had 4 full time contract programmers. Some had been on contract here more than 5 years! Within a year I hired them. It's a whole different feeling toward them from their peers and their feeling toward the company is much better when they're employees. BTW, they all worked for a contracting company and they received raises to come on board. David said: "More bad news: I don't see the market improving on the horizon. In fact I am having trouble seeing the horizon!" It's because of that risk that I never went into independent contracting. There were times over the last decade that I could have probably doubled my salary but the worry over the future was more than I could handle. chuck Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer.
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