Salakhetdinov Shamil
mcp2004 at mail.ru
Wed Jun 12 15:37:05 CDT 2013
HI Jim -- Yes, I do like programming but that's is mainly for living - very few time for coding experiments here... If I have had a chance I'd had spend these days more time in gardening, house building (including plumbing :)), visiting theaters, travelling etc. :) -- Shamil Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:30 PM -07:00 from "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: >Hi Shamil: > >Yeah, but you are still a youngster and the market will always need good >coders. I have a couple of friends who are still coding every day and are as >old as I am. ;-) > >Jim > >-----Original Message----- >From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov >Shamil >Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 12:42 PM >To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Plumbers are more essential than web developers, >even though they're less valued? > > Hi Jim -- > >Yes, I did check the comments. I have seen the stats somewhere - all the >modern industries are for "kids" (12+ - 25) and young people - 20-40... > >I'm in programming/databases not from the "first wave" times - I'm from the > "New Wave" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music ) times :) > >-- Shamil > >Wednesday, June 12, 2013 8:30 AM -07:00 from "Jim Lawrence" >< accessd at shaw.ca >: >>Hi Shamil: >> >>I love it. Did you check out the attached comments some are equally as >>insightful. >> >>Many years ago, (1987) I quit a good career in the government, to start up >>my own computer company and made more in a couple years than I had in the >>previous 15 to 17 years...then the dot com bust. >> >>Web designing is for kids less the forty and more so less than thirty but >>that is where the money is. >> >>You, I and most of the group here are from the first wave (boom) and a few >>are from the second wave. Some made the transition (or had/have to) from >the >>first wave to the second but many did/will not. >> >>Jim >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov >>Shamil >>Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 5:21 AM >>To: Discussion of Hardware and Softw >>Subject: [dba-Tech] Plumbers are more essential than web developers, even >>though they're less valued? >> >> >>Hi All -- >> >>The author of the referenced below article is IMO a talented young (essay) >>writer but he had to become a "mediocre web developer" to make his living: >> >>" In today's world, web developers have it all: money, perks, freedom, >>respect. But is there value in what we do?" >> http://www.aeonmagazine.com/living-together/james-somers-web-developer-mone >y >>/ >>:) >> >>-- Салахетдинов Шамиль