RE: World's Cheapest Consultants

["John Earl" <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>A disheartening story from Forbes for those of us that are trying to
make a >living in the U.S.

Only if you are trying to make a living using the same set of skills
that carried you five or ten years ago.   The folks that are working in
these code warehouses have usually mastered a mature technology and have
developed ways to mass produce code quickly with a quality that equals
or exceeds what you can buy from a US based coder.

Once any product reaches maturity, lower cost competitors swarm into a
market and drive the price down.  If you think you deserve a high salary
for your skills, you had better keep your skills current enough that
they are worth your high salary.

This is just economics in its base form, if you don't believe me, ask
the US based manufacturer that used to make the parts for the PC you're
looking at right now.

jte