There will always be people desperate enough to take those jobs. That is what many employers count on.

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
I still maintain - that skill set Linux + Programming and you want to
pay 25k - you better drop dead coz you will not get. Its high time
techies in this industry realize there worth, and @Imelda if you want
to do the job at that pay, please go ahead and apply.

./Ok3ch

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com> wrote:
> Programming C++? for that amount? Are these guys going to be witting "Hello
> World!" applications all day? C++ is a VERY BIG and VERY COMPLICATED
> language. There's a lot that goes into developing a decent C++ program and
> it can take years of active development to master C++. Yeah theory can be
> learned in a couple of weeks and a simple app that asks your name and
> displays it can be built on your first day. That means nothing as far C++ is
> concerned, so don't start calling yourself a C++ programer just yet.
>
> So sking for a C++ programmer in that age bracket and that amount in this
> day an age is crazy as this generation has practically no production code
> experience in C++. If it were PHP, JAVA, C# thats another story but not with
> C++.
>
> my 2cents
>
> Steve Obbayi
>
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:59:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] vacancies - 3 linux sys admins
>
> IMO if it is serious work just hire one experienced Linux admin and pay
> him/her the total sum paid to all the three "rookies" being sought after coz
> frankly I think with such job adverts that will lead people to eventually
> undermine Linux admins and what they are actually worth, Look at web design
> nowadays, you got every quack of tom, dick and harry doing it and charging
> meagre fees.
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