[thelist] RE: Does web design have a futurein'highwage'countries? (wasQuestion])

RUST Randal RRust at COVANSYS.com
Mon Jul 26 07:05:12 CDT 2004


Seth Thomas Rasmussen wrote:

> You guys seem eager to blame this (overseas cheap labor) or 
> that (WYSIWYG editors) when the real blame falls, as it does 
> in every situation, on the people. 

I agree, although overseas labor and WYSIWYG editors are part of the
problem, because people are able to rely on these things. Both are
supposed to make development less expensive. Let me tell you from
experience with both, it is only the case if the developer/designer
knows how to code.

> Either that or the 
> solution lies there, not in Web standards or some new product 
> that is supposedly more open and better than its predecessors.

In the U.S., the solution lies in people changing their ways of thinking
and working. We have to accept the fact that we're not going to make
thousands of dollars in Web design/development. The market just isn't
there anymore.

Too many people have forgotten their priorities and worthip the almighty
dollar. They skirt responsibilities such as their families and their own
health and well-being in order to put in extra hours at work. And for
what? In most cases, nothing.

I have an excellent example of this. My company recenty turned in a
proposal for a project in which we estimated the price at well over $1
million. The client's current application is running ColdFusion and and
an Access database. How freakin' stupid are we to propose a
Java/Oracle/WebSpere solution? But it's because our sales team hasn't
figured out that we need to do these things cheaper and faster. We're
stuck in the Oracle/WebSphere box because we think it makes us more
money when in reality it will keep us from getting work on smaller jobs.

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Randal Rust
Covansys Corp.
Columbus, OH


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