I have a similar feeling as yours. I haven't really encountered a solider programmer in IBM Singapore yet.
To be honest with you, I was a hardcore J2EE programmer/architect before joining IBM. I had worked in some really interesting companies developing J2EE applications with WebSphere and WebLogic. We even practice XP. I have published numerous articles on Java developing including EJB, Struts, ... I am still wrting. Besides reading, I am still training developers doing XP now.
But most of development works has been out-sourced to India and it continues. We don't have much job to do now, and most of companies can no longer pay my salary. So what to do?
Anyway, I appreciate your input. I want to find out these companies who would be interested in my experience. I can still do programming, but ...
To be honest with you, I was a hardcore J2EE programmer/architect before joining IBM. I had worked in some really interesting companies developing J2EE applications with WebSphere and WebLogic. We even practice XP. I have published numerous articles on Java developing including EJB, Struts, ... I am still wrting. Besides reading, I am still training developers doing XP now.
But most of development works has been out-sourced to India and it continues. We don't have much job to do now, and most of companies can no longer pay my salary. So what to do?
Anyway, I appreciate your input. I want to find out these companies who would be interested in my experience. I can still do programming, but ...