Re: Content management system using backend database

From: Doug Hutcheson (doug.blot.hutcheson_at_nrm.blot.qld.blot.gov.blot.au)
Date: 06/23/04


Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:05:43 GMT


"Noel" <no.spam@thank.you> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:17:17 GMT, Michael Austin
> <maustin@firstdbasource.com> wrote:
>
>
> >and to top it all off - real programmers, dba's and sys admins can't get
> >a job because of the willingness of companies to hire people who don't
> >know what they are doing (like this person)just to save a buck - only it
> >cost them a fortune to bring someone in later to redo the mess guys like
> >this usally cause...
>
> Yup, it seems everybody is looking for people to fill 'junior' posts.
> As a freelancer I charge far more to sort out the mess left by someone
> else than I would to build a system from scratch.
>
>

Back in 1974, I grinned at the sign over my IT Manager's desk:
"We never have the time or money to do it right, but we always find the time
and money to do it again."

In 2004, the joke is getting a little thin, because nothing ever changes.

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