Rate for very good java developer?

[bogeyman]

Excuse me, my name is Francko Patel and I am certified in MVS, JES2/3, channel programming and I have 13 years of experience in that. My rate is 8 pounds an hour. Will I find contract in UK?

Well, Mr Patel, as I was trying to point out, there are no cheap foreign imports with that skillset - even though the mainframe market is resurgent.

All the newbies want to do .NET and/or Java. None of them want to learn 'obsolete' or 'legacy' technologies - even though these are far more lucrative in the short to medium term. And short-term is long enough to give you the cash to move on to something better and more interesting.

If these monkeys think they can make a living coding Java and C# for the next 30 years then good luck to 'em!

[sasguru]

SAS - Going strong since 1976.

[janey]

powerbuilder... wahoo!

[bogeyman]

SAS - Going strong since 1976.

Yes indeed, my missus was a bit of a SASer. She probably cant remember any SAS coding now though.

She wrote all kinds of applications for analysing SMF records and cross-billing users/departments for their resource usage

She does patchwork and quilting now.

[sasguru]

She does patchwork and quilting now.

Yes requires the same sort of mindset as SAS work

[bogeyman]

powerbuilder... wahoo!

Messagebox (This.Title, "Hello Janey!")

[Francko]

powerbuilder... wahoo!

Soon switching to the unemployment agency if you don't update your skills, am afraid.

Job server: 7 days search only 71 ads.

[TheMonkey]

I work with Perl where possible. It's such a nice arcane niche.

[bogeyman]

I work with Perl where possible. It's such a nice arcane niche.

If you think Perl is arcane, take a look at the APL Programming Language

BM

[TheMonkey]

If you think Perl is arcane, take a look at the APL Programming Language

BM

Now that is arcane!