Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : turk
Date : Sun Jul 24 2005 05:25 pm

On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 09:06:59 -0400, Mike Albanese wrote:

>Ronald Skoog wrote:
>
>> In my area a union electrician or plummer make more than $40K (base pay)
>> after a 3 to 4 year apprenticeship and a police officer makes considerably
>> more with a MUCH better retirement package.
>> 
>> Given that, why would anybody want to spend 4 in college just to earn $40K?
>
>I don't know about others here, but if I had the choice, I'd much rather 
>make $40K sitting in a clean, air-conditioned room developing software 

Apparently you've never been to an IT sweatshop, good for you.

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