Re: COMMON rates (was RE: Congrads John Earl!)

Hi Hans,

In many ways I agree.It is brilliant when one has the human resources
that are capable of harnessing all the (or most) of the
technologies/languages/flavours deployed within the company. Chop and
change between RPG, JAVA, VB, HTML, XTML and the likes. Use whatever
tool is appropriate for the solution.

Enter the small company...

Well, it is hell when it comes to replacing that resource once he/she
resigns, departs or just ups and goes. How easy is it to find someone
who can walk in and hit the ground running with the ability to maintain
all the diverse code? It is not always the development that is the
problem. The maintenance is where the fur hits the fan. Some people
(developers) also have the tendency to build little knowledge empires
for themselves. Employers often try to avoid this by insisting that the
solutions are as simplistic (i.t.o. languages and technology) as
possible.

Hey, maybe both they are wrong.

Sometimes the advancement in technology has not enabled companies to
increase their revenue _substantially_. Perhaps it just helps them to
stuff up at a faster rate!!

Just my thoughts.

Cheers.

Jan.

On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 14:46, Hans Boldt wrote:

> Now you know I'm no big fan of Java, but why oh why would any 
> company *not* want their staff to keep current on the latest 
> technologies? Java or otherwise, technologies that might actually 
> *benefit* the company.
>