[luau] Re: Marty Plotnik and Stan Bautista

[Stan Baptista]

Hi Don et al,

re: The highest cost is in salaries which ironically
everyone says is so low. I think that we have seen in
the past few years a leveling out of slaries
except for certain companies...

I honestly don't think that is true.  Since coming to
Hawaii, I've applied to many different companies in
different types of businesses.  _Invariably_, the very
first thing they tell me is that they will not pay me
the same salary here as the Boston area.

The reason I jumped on this thread was because I was
hoping to find some "sound" economic reason (other
than "because we can") why costs are so high yet
salaries are so low.  My experience has been that COL
and salaries tend to go hand in hand either up or
down.  As an example of the other extreme, Florida
salaries tend to be lower than Boston, Silicon Valley,
etc. BUT so is the COL.

--- maddog <maddog at heavymetalradio.net> wrote:
> re: So, if you are a tech person, your future here
> will most likely depend on supporting an activity
> that
> is best done here. Tourism, the military, state and
> local government, home repairs for movie stars 
> living
> on Maui.
> 
> Interesting.  That pretty much eliminates hi-tech
> commercial software development.  Perhaps I read
> more
> than I should have into Don's comments but that's
> the
> area I thought he was talking about promoting.
> 
> Actually software development is well suited for
> Hawaii. It is not a high
> cost business, no manufacturing involved, and office
> space is pretty
> competitive here as compared to the mainland.
> Anybody that needs offic space
> come and talk to me and I will hook you up.
> 
> The highest cost is in salaries which ironically
> everyone says is so low. I
> think that we have seen in the past few years a
> leveling out of slaries
> except for certain companies as most companies are
> starting to realize it is
> much easier to retain good people if you pay them
> well.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
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