There is only one way to keep tech jobs in US&
Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 13, 2004 12:48 AM
And that is for the value and payment for products and services to go up, there is absolutely no other way.
If all products and services are supposed to be free or extremely cheap there is no way in hell western-level salaries can be paid for it's development and services.
In most other professions people giving away work for free would be "hanged" by other people in the same field, as long as it's not charity of cause. You don't see lawyers giving away contract-templates etc for free, you don't see manufacturers giving away blueprints for free. For some reason, giving away stuff for free is perceived as normal in this particular profession, it destroys it.
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There is only one way to keep tech jobs in US&
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 13, 2004 12:48 AMIf all products and services are supposed to be free or extremely cheap there is no way in hell western-level salaries can be paid for it's development and services.
In most other professions people giving away work for free would be "hanged" by other people in the same field, as long as it's not charity of cause. You don't see lawyers giving away contract-templates etc for free, you don't see manufacturers giving away blueprints for free. For some reason, giving away stuff for free is perceived as normal in this particular profession, it destroys it.
DO NOT WORK FOR FREE!
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