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There is no sense in further debate with Shadrach, since he is obviously a genius, but
I'll take a stab.
If you take the salary data COUPLED with the inflation over the from the year 2000 to now,
I think you'll find that starting salaries have been flat or negative in IT-related
occupations. I remember learning in Economics 101 that if there is a shortage of
something, the price goes up...
According to the CPI calculator, 1.00 in 2000 had the same buying power as 1.10 in the
year 2005.
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
According to Michael Mandel, starting salaries (adjusted for inflation) for technology
majors _declined_ during this same period.
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2005/09/good_time_to_le.html
And Vivek Wadha has also written about the "Engineering Gap", saying that it is, in
essence, horse sh*t:
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2006/sb20060710_949835.htm
However, I have a feeling that Shadrach lives in Booth World.
As my friend Rich always says: "Don't confuse the issue with FACTS!"
- sjl
There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.
- Benjamin Disraeli (quote often misattributed to Mark Twain)
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