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If you're the one dude who wrote an entire package that runs a billion dollar multinational, you can pretty much charge whatever you want. It's like the ultimat
by ced 16y ago
If you're the one dude who wrote an entire package that runs a billion dollar multinational, you can pretty much charge whatever you want. It's like the ultimate job security. Any changes have to be made through you.
That's true regardless of the language.
- steveklabnik 16y agoAbsolutely. But that's why BASIC is his bread and butter.
- ced 16y agoAh, so that's where the confusion comes from. I thought that edw519's post was about "The typical bread-an-butter language in the 70's, in the 80's, etc." I'd still be curious to know what were the de facto languages to get a good salary in the 60s, 70s and 80s.