2008/2/18, Kevin Lyda <kevin at ie.suberic.net>:
> On Feb 18, 2008 5:38 PM, Rory Browne <rbmlist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There are companies besides Blackknight making these offers, I don't
> want to single them out. And those companies are just not going to
> attract talented people with rates like that (and if they do they're
> exploiting them).
That's sound familiar to me
> It's giving the entire Irish tech industry a bad
> name - not just in Ireland but around the world. We - all of us - are
> getting a bad reputation in a global market and that is not a good
> thing for any of us.
Obviously you've never worked in Spain ;-), every single IT spaniard
professional who lives here can tell you a lot of funny stories about
people with IT degrees and years of experience in system
administration earning 18K per year.
I mean, it could be worse ;-)
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!