Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Lamb Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Pardon me for asking, but... Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:38:08 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:38:05 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="7f42270a997e580902d19031af10867c"; logging-data="27170"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19mEBnOARwUQSmZiDlFAtaR" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121010 Thunderbird/16.0.1 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:87odYX3658kwn2FvK/soTLYImuY= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:19555 On 29/10/2012 10:09 AM, bob smith wrote: > On Friday, October 26, 2012 1:47:41 PM UTC-5, pat.t...@gmail.com wrote: >> 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? > > Basically, they need someone to fix a Maps application so people no longer end up at Dunkin Donuts when they're trying to get to Starbucks. > In this case the fix is easy: go back to using the working 3rd-party app you dumped in the first place.