Good point - I'd still rather be a programming than a plumber though! On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Andy McKay <a...@clearwind.ca> wrote:
> > A plumber is mostly manual labor which will take a toll on the body over > the > > years. > > Programming too takes its toll on the body over time (make sure you > have a nice ergonomic setup). The relentless march of technology means > that the length of a programmers career is shorter than many jobs, > including plumbing. > > > A plumber also has travel costs, fuel, cost in lost time travelling, > > covering free quotations etc. > > Consultants have travel costs, fuel and lost time in travelling too. > Unless you never meet clients. Consultants have to provide free > quotations too. There are the same costs for any independent business > person. > > > I've seen quite a few people making these comparisons to manual labor > jobs > > and, in my opinion, they are completely irrelevant. > > There are fixed and variable costs in any profession. I'm not sure of > the point of any comparison. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
