Speaking as someone who's tried their hand at both sides of the coin, I definitely agree with you, Ross. I'm currently employed, but when I was trying to make it as a contractor (because a job fell through), I couldn't land a single job because of the market dillution. Working in PHP as I was, I found that I was competing against high school and college students, whose bills are paid by their parents, and can afford to spend weeks on end getting paid next to nothing. And yes, the quality of their work showed.
The trouble with most good developers is that they're not willing to work for cheap change. And it often has little to do with getting paid appropriately for their skill level. For me, and many others, the high price is necessary because we have families and mortgages to support. Contracting for a low price is only good for a certain type of people, and that pool doesn't contain very many quality developers. Just keep in mind that contractors don't have an endless pool of jobs to choose from, where they can just pick whatever price they feel like. They have to make sure that each job can sustain them until they secure another job. It's not a fun way to live unless you're already very well established. -Gul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
