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What would happen if this question was inverted? """ I consider myself a pretty good plumber, with concrete manipulation abilities. In the same time, I'm han
by GilbertErik 12y ago
What would happen if this question was inverted?
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I consider myself a pretty good plumber, with concrete manipulation abilities. In the same time, I'm handy enough to setup my own website in HTML, style it in CSS, and even animate stuff on my static site using jQuery.
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In my opinion, all this javascript and css stuff is way easier than septic systems or repairing frozen/busted pipes in a turn of the century home.
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I constantly see craigslist postings for web developers and entry QA positions at $20/hr...
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I'm not trying to be excessively snarky, I'm just trying to point out that our society is at the point where different services have reached different natural values. They're typically based on your standard economic factors like how saturated a market is with available employees, how much experience employees bring to the table, and how much they have determined to charge based on competition.
Alternatively, you can just go with Betteridge's law of headlines. :-)
- hippich 12y agoThis definitely can be inverted for me or you (if you are good with manual work, not sure if this applies to all engineers) But ask you handyman joe or plumber you meet when fixing toilet how to make dropdown with jquery and see where it go. My point is that most software engineers can fix leaking pipe (some might decide not to deal with it, but still can do it,) while plumber/handyman CAN NOT deal with typical IT problem even after spending couple evening with youtube. God, I had trouble explaining to guys laying laminate floor about how they can save money by opening checking account and depositing check there instead of going to one of these "check cashing" stores.