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>>The general trend is towards higher rates -

You say this as if it is a bad thing? You see these people as selling their souls. I see them as smart. If you know VB, and you are faced with getting $125/hour for a VB job and $80/hour for a VFP job - and making the timeframes equal and the type of work - the guy who picks the VFP job over the VB job is not only an idiot - he is a lousy business person...
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Wow! Here in Argentina the VB-ASP programmers are everywhere, and this guys are accepting jobs below 8K/year, because the demmand for VB is lower than the offer, For us (VFP guys) the situation its not so critical yet, but our incomes are very poor, for example im a senior developer and im earning 15K/year, so if anybody can share here links to sites to publish my resume online i'll appreciate it.