Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Phlip
Date : Wed Jun 29 2005 06:10 pm

William wrote:

> At $40,000 they have to be paid hourly, with the usual overtime
> pay rates, so for many they'd be back up in the $60,000 to
> $90,000 range :-)

Misconception: Developers working overtime get more done.

I can see why the developers are not incented to debunk that one ;-)

Dave Vandervies wrote:

> Randy Howard  wrote:
>
> >The business needs more performance artists and fewer engineers.
>
> Not really.  What it needs is people who can do *both*, and who know
> when and why to do more of one and less of the other.

Flour is a commodity. Pizza dough is a product. Hot pizza is a service.

Chuck-E-Cheeses is an "experience" - an immersive entertainment service,
like Disneyland or Charles Schwab.

As you progress thru these economies, each tends to give away the more
primitive item for free. Chuck-E-Cheeses sells crappy pizza - the service -
at cost, to get you to play their videogames while high on carbs and sugar.

As programmers rise to become consultants, they pass thru the "infotainment"
phase into an economy of transformation. So they tend to give the experience
away for free, and collect their fees for transforming their customers.

-- 
  Phlip
  http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand

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