Received: by 10.224.180.141 with SMTP id bu13mr8036235qab.2.1351277260920; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:47:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.221.40 with SMTP id qb8mr1620616obc.11.1351277260772; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:47:40 -0700 (PDT) Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.216.87.MISMATCH!r12no97565qal.0!news-out.google.com!r17ni71354639qap.0!nntp.google.com!r12no101864qal.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:47:40 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=65.75.18.151; posting-account=PDizkQoAAAA0W8vAYNpwR3cPsPBT6vFn NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.75.18.151 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Pardon me for asking, but... From: pat.trainor@gmail.com Injection-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:47:40 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:19512 In light of these job postings, what exactly constitutes an "URGENT" need for a programmer? I've managed developers, and I can honestly say that I've never seen-or even _heard_ of-a programming emergency... Assuming such needs _are_ life-threatening, why doesn't the salary offered ever reflect this sense of urgency?