"IMM" wrote in message
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"Mike Halmarack" wrote in message
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On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:40:41 +0100, "IMM" wrote:

One good thing about these progs is that it puts off amateur
developers,
by
letting them know that making big bucks is not easy and at times
virtually
impossible.

Just the opposite in my opinion but there's bound to be some
differences of perception.

Beany does emphasis that many are not making a lot of money, if any. When
you look at the time from looking for the property and finally selling and
then you divide the profit into an hourly rate, you may be better off
stocking shelves on the side at Tesco.

I knew one so-called highly paid manager who earned about the same as a
bus
driver who worked as much overtime as he could get. When they worked out
how many hours per week they worked it was about the same. One was paid a
salary and one for all the time he worked. These amateur developers tend
to
work long hours on their projects, so any profit is not as great as you
think when the time is considered.


But those developers may not be able to get a job where they could make that
money working normal hours.

I agree that salaries are a scam though - you get to be called
"professional" but don't get paid for all the time you work. Quite
remarkable how people just put up with it.

Bob