Re: Hi

Is it a true statement that if salary and/or expenses have to be cut then how 
better to do that then with replacing experienced and more expensive citizens 
with less expensive, not experienced aliens?  
 
My last company laid of 9 programmers w/average tenure of 10 years, in favor of 
over seas folks...and we made $ last year.    
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Consulting on the iSeries / AS400 <consult400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:33:13 -0600
Subject: Re: [Consult400] Hi


Well said, John, but add this:  Those three $25K programmers are 
energized.  In 5 years they're going to be good, real good.

John Earl wrote:
...
> I'm not making a value judgment on whether this is good or bad, I'm just
> stating that it is what it is.  If your current salary is $75K and you
> want to sustain it, ask yourself what are you doing that couldn't be
> replicated by 3 off-shore workers that are happy to work for $25K?  
> 
> Answer that question successfully (and lot's of people do), and you
> won't need any government to "protect" your job.
> 
> jte
> 
> 
> --
> John Earl | Chief Technology Officer
> The PowerTech Group
> 19426 68th Ave. S
> Seattle, WA 98032
> (253) 872-7788 ext. 302
> john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.powertech.com 
>  
>