Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths To : comp.programming,comp.software-eng From : David Lightstone Date : Sun Jul 24 2005 03:00 pm "Phlip" wrote in message news:i4vEe.3119$fx4.1200@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com... > 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? > > Because programmers are the Information Age's equivalent of the Priest > Scribe caste in ancient Egypt. We architect this world. Don't be silly, they are the information age equivalent of Slave. They do the work. (20 years ago I would have agreed with you, but my friends now tell me a former employeer will, this year, export the job I long ago left) > > -- > Phlip > http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand > > .