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To: freedumb2003
I have spent 30 years refining and expanding my craft — system level, DBA level, application level, management level, functional level.

The last fella I knew with that background got replaced by cheap folks from India. Before that he was a technology directory for one of the largest law firms in the nation.

Today he's working odd jobs - sometimes involving computers, but always involving a screwdriver.

49 posted on 03/03/2009 3:24:44 AM PST by The Duke (I have met the enemy, and he is named 'Apathy'!)
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To: The Duke
The last fella I knew with that background got replaced by cheap folks from India. Before that he was a technology directory for one of the largest law firms in the nation.

You can't outsource the ability to manage cheap folks in India (and China). I have done both. "Seamlessly" taking functional requirements and translating them into both tech specs and project plans is very much in demand.

But continuing to code means I have unique insights into problems (and approaches) that general Management don't. In my firm I am very much in demand and I have a client list out the wazoo that would very much want me -- now more than even because I can fill multiple positions.

Like I said -- keep your tools sharp and be both deep and wide. That is how you survive. Be a value proposition and get and keep a good reputation (as a Miracle Worker if you can).

77 posted on 03/03/2009 9:20:42 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks.)
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