Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
My favorite parts were:
âI have seen examples of developers on older technologies like RPG and Delphi charging twice the rate of a developer on a newer technology.â
Did it ever occur to them that some of these systems (e.g. Smalltalk) might actually be more productive and hence worth the boost in rate? Most are just lean supply, but there is also the the power tool vs. hammer concept at work too.
I thought that bit was interesting too. I used to be a Powerbuilder (which Delphi and VB more or less copied) developer and moved away from it because contracts (even back then) were too few and far between to sustain a reasonable income, so they probably simply need to charge extra to cover for the periods between contracts :) -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Cobol-is-the-new-language-to-know-tp3317188p3317247.ht... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.