[PJUG Javamail] Is software engineering in the US dead?

[thomson777]

The math sucks.

I have been in the I.T. industry since 1988,  21 years if anyone is
counting.

 

Have you seen ELance.com the foreigners are asking $10.00 and $15.00 an
hour.  

I'm looking for work in the Portland and Nationwide markets, I have been
hearing $45.00 to $55.00 an hour for Java and J2EE stuff in PDX.

And Portland is a cheap market.  What about L.A. or Seattle bigger cities
are at $60.00 to $75.00 an hour.

 

Problem is your estimate of 25 to 50% can be eaten in overhead is accurate
but that is exactly how cheap they are.

Heaven help us if they figure out how to write good requirements.

 

From: javamail-bounces at pjug.org [mailto:javamail-bounces at pjug.org] On Behalf
Of Sean Adkinson
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:07 AM
To: Brian Mason
Cc: javamail at pjug.org
Subject: Re: [PJUG Javamail] Is software engineering in the US dead?

 

I'm two years out of school and have had a great, steady job since, and was
a little bummed after reading the initial email.  Thanks for instilling from
hope Brian, as your description of what we still need out of a coder in the
US is exactly what I'm doing, and I realize there is no way I could be
replaced by an oversea-er.

-- 
Sean Adkinson
(503) 731-5488 work, (503) 866-0852 cell
sean.adkinson at gmail.com

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