__/ [ thad01 ] on Friday 29 September 2006 19:01 \__
> 3r1c_3$7r4d4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> "Linux professionals"?? That was your first mistake, Jack. There's no
>> such thing as a Linux professional. There's Linux hobbiests, Linux
>> hobbiests who make money off of it, and Unix professionals who dabble
>> in Linux.
>
> Heh. Given my work history over the last few years, I'd have to
> characterize myself as a Linux Professional that dabbles in Unix
> (and Windows). Of course feel free to call me a hobbyist...
> as long as you still pay me $75/hour.
>
> Later,
>
> Thad
That is some stunning figure, Thad. But you deserve this. Last night I
received an E-mail from MathWorks (out of the blue, honest) and they want to
discuss a job opening with a salary of 100-150k per year. This seems just
absurd to someone my age. Something similar happened last month, as well as
two months ago with Google (although I don't know about the wage at Google).
Many, if not all, are at least in part Linux-oriented, so who said there's
no money in Linux? When Linux can be managed so much more effectively (e.g.
take responsibility for a hundred servers rather than a dozen Windows
boxes), I guess it boils down to better returns for the spending. And that,
Thad, is why companies are willing to pay you henerous sums. They foresee
long-term savings, so in the interim, it's somewhat of a shopping spree from
which you gain. This won't prevail when Linux becomes as mainstream as
Windows. But industry as a whole will be far more efficient at that stage...
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