

Bob gets busted bypassing business security







Source: Verizon Business Security Blog (cached)

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By EricMartello on 1/17/2013 10:49:49 PM , Rating: 1
Oh, here we go. Someone doesn't seem to understand that the salary is determined by the free market, and the market price tends to be the highest that someone is willing to pay for a product/service. If you're not fetching a higher salary for your own skillset it's a failure of your own making to be more valuable.

If you need a coder who has a specific level or area of expertise it could be worthwhile to pay them "several hundred thousand" per year. Areas like cryptology, game engine, network protocols and such require more skill/talent than your typical McProgrammer from freelancer can muster. BTW $50K per year in China isn't far off from someone in the US earning a six-figure salary.

What this guy was doing - arbitrage - isn't new. In fact many people have done this and are currently doing this, not just with programming but also with creative work...however if I hired an American programmer as an employee I would definitely not want them outsourcing the work.


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