>>Hello Troy,
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>>There have always been programmers and developers. Programmers IMO are code jockeys which are tightly controlled and limited in scope, this has never interested me. Developers are designers, planners, analysts, programmers, testers, trainers, etc. This is where the real action (and money) is. This requires alot more knowlege, not only of programming, but of business, human nature, people skills, and organization. I wouldn't want to be involved in projects where I wasn't involved in the big picture.
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>>Bob
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>Perfectly put. At VFE Devcon last year I quoted my hourly rate to another guy there. He said "You mean people in Cleveland will pay that kind of money for programming?" I told him no, they'd pay that kind of money for having business problems solved. They didn't care if I did it with programming or voodoo dolls.

If you turned up with the voodoo dolls though, I'm sure they would immediately have second thoughts & contact the other guy very quickly.