first some background, i've got 10 years experience as a web developer, creating enterprise level custom applications and sites. From 100% w3c compliant xhtml strict and tableless css layout front ends with RIA, to custom content management and ecommerce systems built from scratch, and every conceivable CRUD application you can think of. I am very happy with my abilities, and can produce very fine work.
However, as my subject line says... The Writing Is On The Wall. Every time I look for new jobs, the demand for high quality C#.NET developers is ridiculous, and the pay matches the insanity. Frankly, there is no job available you can every find in the open source community (LAMP stack) that will match it. <-period. I'm not talking a website client here or there, I mean working for big companies doing big work for big pay. So what's a guy to do about this? Keep on keeping on, being very good at what I do... OR... do a 180 and start fr ...
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