(REV.)POSTING - NETWORK RESOURCES - CT -Reply

[Linda Hyman]

>When did anyone claim that the labor market was rational?

>>KAREN SCHNEIDER <SCHNEIDER.KAREN at epamail.epa.gov>
>>|I am now in the position of wondering if I should eat my own
>>|words.  I read this and thought, whew, only $31k for all this skill?
>>|But maybe the LAN/WAN/client-server expertise is what gives
>>|me pause... what do others think?

I remember clearly a statement the personnel director made when I was on the
city's negotiating team.  It went something like this:  "If I can hire a
librarian at $30,000 why should I pay more?  I can't hire an engineer at
that rate, so I have to pay $60,000.  It's that simple."
Linda Woods Hyman
Education First Initiative
San Diego State University
and Pacific Bell (619)594-4414
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired