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On 11/14/2011 03:45 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
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I can vouch for this. I am not a CS major and I consider myself a
Linux amateur, but I have worked supporting various Linux servers
for
locals. Of course, I was making nowhere near the level of income
that
Shahar discusses on his blog, experience wins hands-down in that
department.
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Here's an important point. It is okay to claim that I'm charging too
much, or that my salary expectations are too high. There is no law
that says that software guys are entitled to high salary ranges.<br>
<br>
Except<br>
<br>
I had no problem at all in getting similar salary ranges as an
employee. This means that, as far as market worth is concerned, I
was not overcharging. I was asking for a reasonable (in its supply
and demand meaning) compensation for my expertise and know-how.<br>
<br>
Now, obviously, the market is not willing to pay those numbers to
consultants, which means that I moved on to being an employee. What
I'm wondering, however, is whether this is truly because people of
my experience level (in terms of salary as employee) are of not
enough demand, or whether (as I've been implying) there is some form
of market failure at play here.<br>
<br>
Shachar<br>
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</a>
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