[EricP]

Originally posted by ulfie@Jan 23 2003, 03:13 PM
When I did consulting my rate was $1250/day plus expenses. I was booked for months in advance because I got things done ahead of schedule and delivered what the client wanted. Now I find myself employing programmers and I can understand why good ones get top dollar. Most of the ones I have dealt with lately have zero personality, want to do everything their way (not the way I want it done), don't have a clue how to write modular code, work when they feel like it, disappear for weeks at a time, and are for the most part very unprofessional. My last project the programmer promised delivery in a week. 2 months later a got a pile of crap that was so cludgy it was rediculous and it didn't do 3/4 of the things I put in the spec. I ended up firing the guy and writing it myself. Having been a programmer/analyst for nearly 20 years it is embarrassing how unprofessional many of my colleagues are.

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