> your employer may want to consider hiring fewer programmers and paying them higher wages I do advocate a high-low mix with fewer people and a higher proporti

> your employer may want to consider hiring fewer programmers and paying them higher wages I do advocate a high-low mix with fewer people and a higher proportion of the higher tier, but the purchasing department loves low unit prices and has decision over them. Well, at least we have the developers co-located with us in the same office and no longer work with offshore Indians through two layers of intermediaries... Progress !