Programmer* On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < [email protected]> wrote:
> Good point - I'd still rather be a programming than a plumber though! > > > On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Andy McKay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > A plumber is mostly manual labor which will take a toll on the body >> over the >> > years. >> >> Programming too takes its toll on the body over time (make sure you >> have a nice ergonomic setup). The relentless march of technology means >> that the length of a programmers career is shorter than many jobs, >> including plumbing. >> >> > A plumber also has travel costs, fuel, cost in lost time travelling, >> > covering free quotations etc. >> >> Consultants have travel costs, fuel and lost time in travelling too. >> Unless you never meet clients. Consultants have to provide free >> quotations too. There are the same costs for any independent business >> person. >> >> > I've seen quite a few people making these comparisons to manual labor >> jobs >> > and, in my opinion, they are completely irrelevant. >> >> There are fixed and variable costs in any profession. I'm not sure of >> the point of any comparison. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
