On Dec 4, 2007 1:12 PM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
Congratulations on the new gig, and my sympathies on your pending divorce. I did the long distance thing for many months and it is hard on both of you. I hope the two of you and your sons can make the most of it. I did it for around nine months as a contractor with a 4 hour drive away. You may only get home ever other or third weekend. That is going to suck. Last thing is that Texas does Football and not Soccer. :) So finding a ref gig should be easy when you hit the ground. Down south I bet that the TX high school season is in the spring instead of the fall like NY was? Is this a start next year or next week type of thing? --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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.
