Good response and well put - I tend to agree that labour price differences eventually work themselves out when service providers start to work out what they CAN

Good response and well put - I tend to agree that labour price differences eventually work themselves out when service providers start to work out what they CAN charge, especially in light of domestic demand increases. As for the other aspect of the question, I'm interested to hear your take on the 'geek vs management' aspect. Where this comes from is here: I've worked alongside and known many developers who are slightly older workers (the 40+ mark), and they seem to be under this impression that they've lost their edge, and they aren't as good as they used to be when they were younger (my age), when they were mainframe guns. Not sure why this is the case, and I'm fairly certain it's a mental thing more than anything else - others in their peer groups have either gone into management or in some way left the technical stuff behind, and they may feel as though they've lost out in terms of pay and opportunities - because they stayed tech. So the 'norm' for a lot of folks is to try and leave the tech game behind asap and move into management. Do you think this is a simple case of getting stuck in a "my XYZ technology is the best for EVERYTHING" rut?