[consulting] RE : Lowball offers

[Matt Chapman]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Victor Kane <victorkane at gmail.com> wrote:
> No-one in the world should be building Drupal sites for five dollars an
> hour.

Really? What if USD$5 provides a middle-class or better life in their
country, and they can't get a better rate. Would you deny them to
opportunity to work to avoid the mere possibility of depressing your
own wage?

By the way, 1946 called, and they're pissed off that you got a
super-computer/pocket calculator that out-performs ENIAC for only $5.
Do you know how many computer engineers that's going to put out of
work? No one should have to compete with that.

The progress of technology is always toward lower costs, so anyone who
wants to be a technologist better keep expanding their skills or be
preparing to accept lower wages.

All the Best,

Matt Chapman
Ninjitsu Web Development
http://www.NinjitsuWeb.com
ph: 818-660-6465 (818-660-NINJA)
fx: 888-702-3095

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> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:46 PM, arkelly at cognisync.com
> <arkelly at cognisync.com> wrote:
>>
>> Agreed.  I think you owe this guy an apology for your misinterpretation,
>> he's just trying to participate.
>>
>> Sent from my Android Phone.
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Fred Jones" <fredthejonester at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 1:43 pm
>> Subject: [consulting] RE : Lowball offers
>> To: "A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers"
>> <consulting at drupal.org>
>>
>> > People should be paid for the value of their work; no-one should be paid
>> > $5
>> > / hour for anything.
>> > No-one should be paid at below the poverty level for building Drupal
>> > sites
>> > or any other kind of sites.
>>
>> Victor, your political views are skewed. So are your facts. In
>> Vietnam, $5 is far above poverty level. According to wikipedia [1] the
>> GDP in the US is 14,624,184 USD and in Vietnam it's 101,987 USD. If
>> you can divide you can see that's a factor of 143. Far more than 40
>> actually.
>>
>> See also this page [2] that the Gross National Income (per capita) in
>> the US is $33,070.30 per person and in Vietnam it's $392.19 per
>> person. Factor of 84.
>>
>> Based on less than $400 per year, $5 is actually a very, very good
>> rate in Vietnam.
>>
>> Please check your facts before you spew.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Fred
>>
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29
>> [2]
>> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_gro_nat_inc_percap-gross-national-income-per-capita
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