[consulting] RE : Lowball offers

[Marty Landman]

At 06:19 PM 3/22/2011, Matt Chapman wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Matt Chapman <matt at ninjitsuweb.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Victor Kane <victorkane at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Erm, the idea is for wages to increase and the price of goods to 
> go down in
> >> order to be able to call it progress, not for wages to go down.
> >
> > How does that work when the "goods" are a person's time and expertise?
>
>Despite the cries to silence the conversation, the above was a sincere
>question and I'm eager to hear Victor's sincere response.
>
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>All the Best,
>
>Matt Chapman
>Ninjitsu Web Development
>http://www.NinjitsuWeb.com

I'd like to chime in on this, because I have mixed feelings on the 
subject and also have been thinking about it. I think it's one of 
those ironies that we web developers are inevitably helping to put 
ourselves out of work in the future. Maybe it'll be so far into the 
future it won't even matter but still, it's the trend and I don't see 
how it would or could be prevented, or why it would be a good thing 
to try and stop it.

OTOH web development is special, because it's remote. I notice the 
professionals who are able to still make a living are the ones that 
can't be replaced remotely. My dentist for instance, auto mechanics, 
pharmacists and doctors, plumbers and electricians.

IMHO it's a tough economy, unless you're a multi-millionaire. And the 
trend for the non-rich has been steady decline. I think it's gotta be 
tougher still for those in less developed or lower GDP countries -- 
or however you say it.

Marty

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