[Off Topic] Any "web applicaiton developers" out there?

[Unknown W. Brackets]

There's good and bad on both fronts.  I know many of the clients we have 
are interested in stand-alone desktop programs.  Just not a priority, or 
our bids are too high.  I think the first one.

As to offshoring; this does happen.  In fact, the company I work for 
employs many programmers in SK (of all places.)  I've talked to a lot of 
very good programmers who were of various nationalities.

In the end, the Internet is simply making it so it doesn't matter where 
you are.  Just how good you are.  If you're good, they'll pay, because 
you're closer and more accessible.  People like to see you in person, 
talk to you, etc.

But, anyway, that's a concern for systems programming as well.

-[Unknown]


> Things tend to go in cycles - in a few years some form of 'desktop' 
> development might be hot again
> because AJAX didn't live up to the hype or is not secure enough - who 
> knows?