The rate as discussed by you fellows my not seem viable in the USA, but
considder the current favourable Rand/Dollar exchange rate plus the
opportunity to actually do some real work on PICS. Currently the
Rand/Dollar is about $1:R5.6 and that pretty much adds up to our
"professional" hourly rate.

Something to considder I'd say.

You can actually buy "professional" services at a 'student' rate if you
keep track of the international currencies. The average rate for
'Engineers' in South Africa is about R160.00 /h to R300.00 /h for
software developers.

Depending on the actual application you're talking about you can
actually do quite well by contracting foreign developers.


Best Regards

Jattie van der Linde.