You seem to be very happy in a field that may not need
you one day soon,

Good luck!

--- Chris Dollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> On Monday 08 November 2004 15:40, Stede Troisi
> wrote:
> > > What part of my response do you regard as
> "overly
> > > smart
> > > and philosophical"?
> > >
> > > You claimed that someone was "dead wrong",
> > > apparently
> > > meaning that money was a source of happiness in
> and
> > > of
> > > itself. Is that what you meant, or not?
> >
> > No! I don't care about the philisophical crap that
> you
> > or anyone else dishes on this site. 
> 
> So your "dead wrong" claim was wrong, or
> meaningless, 
> or both, and didn't progress any discussion? 
> 
> > People like you who get all upset can debate that
> to your
> > hearts content.
> 
> I'm not upset. Why do you think I'm upset?
> 
> > Money is important (AKA - a job)
> 
> Other things are important, too. Some are important
> enough that one can take less money to obtain them.
> I didn't see anyone claiming that money wasn't
> "important" - just that it wasn't *supremely*
> important.
> 
> And if you job gives you loadsa money and eats your
> heart, you lose.
> 
> > Ignoring offshoring or accepting working for less
> (as
> > Ron Jeffries post mentioned) seems non-XP to me.
> > Nothing more or less.
> 
> It doesn't seem non-XP to me; what piece of XPness
> do
> you think it violates? I'd certainly trade money off
> against things like:
> 
>     * a pleasant working environment
>     * a less stressful commute
>     * living in a preferred country
>     * sane IP strategy
> 
> > > You used an unloaded (and unloadable) if to say
> that
> > > things could be different. Well, they could. So
> > > what?
> >
> > You are on another planet. Stop the philisophical
> > stuff! I was simply saying that money is
> important.
> 
> If that's what you want to say, say it - then you
> don't
> entangle your point with the plausibility (or
> otherwise)
> of hypotheticals.
> 
> > There will be a level that most programmers will
> > simply not be able to work as a programmer for a
> > living. Period. Nothing more, nothing less.
> 
> Do you mean, "if programming doesn't pay enough,
> some
> people won't be able to afford to be programmers"?
> 
> > I would
> > hope that doesn't happen but if we simply accept
> it
> > then I guess America will be another Allentown for
> > programmers.
> 
> Your "Allentown" reference is opaque to me, I'm
> afraid.
> 
> -- 
> Chris "electric hedgehog" Dollin
> 
> 
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