[ale] New website for H1B [Slightly OT]

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>  I've worked with many domestic and foreign programmers that ran the gamut
> between the two.  The point I was making yesterday was, if you want a
> programer that is going to code like a $75/hr programmer, don't go shopping
> for someone whos book rate is $20/hr and expect the same results.
>
> I am steak,
> -Grant

I have posted at least 1 job that many $75+ hour programmers would not take 
because it was "over their head/not in their coding spectrum/unfamiliar 
territory." Still, the most qualified programmer bid at $25/hour, lives 
across town and majored in the primary subject!

In my opinion, the majority of the code is "easy." It handles data, or easy 
mathmatical calculations - and includes but is not limited to "rocket science 
(probably enough code to get a rocket into orbit and back)."

I will *guess* that tough code would be video game engines, voice recognition 
or maybe drivers for the new wizbang hardware. Maybe software that 
graphically designs material products. 

Code that saves "processing time" or is more "efficient" can now be offset 
with a few extra dollars spent on good hardware. By mandating comments in the 
code (like I do) one can employ cheaper programmers and have the code 
"corrected" by a single higher priced guru (saving money) if the need arises.

Sometimes I eat $28 steak, but I don't always enjoy it more than cheap steak 
(especially if I couple an extra beer with the cheap steak). Incidently, I 
just came from the "Sirloin Stockade" buffet. $7.99 all you can eat Steak (it 
was more enjoyable than some of the higher priced steak houses I have been to 
- and I am in Texas!) 
           I also find that I end up slapping on the same A1 sauce!

*How* does your code work "better enough" to offset it's own price on the 
organizations' bottom line?
What does your "steak code" do, Grant?  
What does it look like?
How is your code 3 times better? 
How are you better?
Did you code in 1/3 the time, or is it code that does something "hard" (like 
maybe voice recognition)?
What can you code that the cheaper programmer can't?
Can you show us some "steak code" Grant?

Drew
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