Techie Pay Approaches All-time High

Stony Stevenson sent in this ITNews story which opens, "Techies were paid nearly record-high hourly wages in the third quarter, according to a new report released Thursday by staffing firm Yoh. Based on data compiled from 75 Yoh field offices and 5,000 technology professionals contracted in short and long-term projects, pay increased an average of more than 5.5 percent for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to the same period last year."

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the exchange rate

[User 956]

pay increased an average of more than 5.5 percent for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to the same period last year.

Yeah, but it's in American Dollars, so the amount actually decreased.

CAD?

[loconet]

That translated to an average hourly tech worker wage of US$31.80

What is that in CAD? a loonie or so an hour?

Re:I'm in the wrong business...

[Surt]

Garbagemen make a lot too. You have to pay people to get them to do painful tasks.

Brain region

[ConcreteJungle]

Hmm, doesn't look like most people here have a strong rostral anterior cingulate and amygdala

Re:You're such a fool

[jollyreaper]

Yes, because there are no Democrats in Big Business? Have you examined the resumes of our Democrat Representatives and Senators? Have you noticed that nearly every Presidential Candidate on the Democrat side rose to prominence via business? Pinning this on Republicans is stupid and cheapens your otherwise well thought out post. Well, I did neglect to mention the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. At this point, I don't know if there are many real Dems left in office. God knows, the Dem-controlled Congress couldn't agree to pass a non-binding resolution to declare kittens cute, let alone bring about any effective legislation.