Quote Originally Posted by x-ice View Post
Any good software engineer will know that productivity shouldn't be measured be the amount of code someone can type in a given time period.
And any rational human will know that the person who can do the same job in half the time is going to be more productive.

The pay differential exists to some extent in the US, as well. That's a real point, but it is based on myth rather than reality, and that myth should be stamped out. On the other hand, who am I to argue the point? I work for well below the industry average for any language, and do so for reasonably good reasons. If you are going to chase dollars, then you should learn C# until management morons figure out that they are being played.