Re:Not true (Score 1)

The pay offered was pretty good.

Based on what, your personal opinion? Please do tell us what you were offering given `good` is relative.

There are unfortunately tons of awful developers out there. The good ones find a position they like are pretty much settle in. I have a network of very good developers who when a contract ends / company goes out of business, I will immediately refer them where ever I am at the time because I know how crappy a lot of available IT workers are.

There are a lot of crappy ones because there are a lot of crappy developer jobs that pay crappy wages. You get what you pay for. Plus, there are even more crappy management types who know nothing technical and can't tell a good developer from a bad one.

I get a pretty good feel for what level someone is when they complain about not being able to find a position. Any time a contract runs out or I am ready to move on, I easily find a new position. On the other hand, I've heard script kiddies crying that they know perl / php / ruby... and can't find a job. Yet it is those same ones with YEARS of experience who code everything inline, don't know how to utilize classes, look at me funny when I ask why they aren't using a dictionary....

Again, those people exist because a lot of developer jobs don't pay much and because the people doing the hiring don't know much.

BTW, I don't pay for IT workers, I am a developer myself, I've just been pulled in a lot to help with screaning.

You were saying something about a dictionary?

But when someone who doesn't know what an interface is and wants $100/hr, I usually try to find out where they currently work. And these aren't fringe cases, I get to interview these people back to back. It amazes me that companies are WILLING to pay so much for so little.

I'd like to know where someone with that little knowledge can get $100/hr ... that's not many places in this country today.