NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with that

Re:NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with ... by jgrahamc on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @06:35AM (#1510944)

I agree with your on the programmer quality. I know people working on these type of projects: not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

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Re:NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with ... by arethuza on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @06:37AM (#1510949)

I bet they are charged out at over £1000 a day though.

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Re:NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with ... by junklight on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @06:43AM (#1510960)

ranges between £400 to over a grand in my experience depending on what kind of skill sets.

Remember that scaling this kind of business is hard because you are selling peoples time - so for each salary you pay you can only sell it one time over. Compare and contrast with being a product company - I might spend a few weeks working on a product and then those few weeks of my salary can be sold over and over again.

The scaling of so many employees also brings massive overheads.

So yes - the day rates seem high but the margins can be pretty rubbish.

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