On Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:13 PM Ed Leafe wrote: > For me it was a combination of things. I am a big fish in the small VFP pond, but a smaller fish in a much, much bigger >Python pond. I've heard this from other developers who moved to other "mainstream" >languages such as C# or Java: there's a lot of work, but everyone and their brother is bidding against you, so it's hard to >find clients willing to pay for experience when there are tons of low-cost alternatives.
> The other thing is the ever-shrinking size of the VFP "pond". It used to be no problem finding consulting work, as there >were lots of VFP projects around; hell, I used to turn work away because my plate was full. But now the opportunities are fewer >in number, and shorter in duration. I've dropped my rate when bidding on a couple of recent projects, and was still too high. >It's pretty sad when after all these years I can't get as much for VFP work as I do for Python work. Who said FoxPro was dead? <g> David L. Crooks _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
