How picking Rails over Java affects bidding
Posted by David December 20, 2005 @ 02:29 AM
Stuart Halloway explains in numbers how picking Rails over Java affects the bids he puts in for consulting jobs. Since the actual programming is only one part of the bid, Rails naturally only has a chance to affect that part. But still, the approach that Stuart takes in differentiating between the two is quite interesting.
For applications that Justin consider “within the sweet spot of Rails”, the bid will usually be 30-50% lower. For stuff outside that sweet spot, the bid will still be about 10% lower than the equivalent Java one.
This was actually posted by Stuart Halloway, not Justin Gehtland. You made the same mistake that I did the first time I commented on a Relevance blog posting: the actual posted blog entry does not show the author, the only way to see the author on this blog is to view it on their home page. Arrrrrg!