6 years VB 2 Years C# SQL Server/Oracle some C++/C currently finishing off a telemedicine app with video conferencing + digital camera automation, directx medical device displays, tcp and udp data transfer engines (everythings encrypted in real time), medical device interfaces (all this and more written in c#) me as the sole developer on the project... So is 15k a month a crap salary for me in Durban?

yeah that sounds like a good idea. i was hopin for a few responses as people have different ideas on whats a good salary :P i think im taking a big paycut but im looking forward to seeing South Africa. i can always go back to London for 6 months and make up the loss hehe (as compared to Australia anyway!)

Hey guys, Can any coders/developers in South Africa give me an idea of an ok monthly salary? (im going to be working in Durban) thanks Scott

yeah it was like 1998 so they probably dont talk about it anymore. s is for Scott Horizion Tech was run by some black american guys (great guys). Was a fun place to work, i enjoyed stressing Jim out hehe Was my first programming job out of uni.

Bebbington, Would have been a few years ago anyways. I worked with Jim and Mike at Horizion Technologies before it went belly up (well i was there when it went belly up) Came up to Sydney with a few of the guys and stayed. Have since contracted in London for a couple of years and now am off to Durban to work in a couple of weeks. (can any of you saffas tell me what a reasonable salary per month is in SA/Durban?) Tassie is great but yes its not enough money (or at least not enough work at resonable rates), its also a bit small/quiet (thats a plus as wel though). I still think about doing 6 months back down there every now and then. Jim will prolly swear when you say hi from me hehe :P

No, but say hi to Jim for me... Were you at Dytech when Pete was there? Scott (im originally from tassie)

send him some anonymous free tickets to tassie (he won a contest!) ive got some mates with harleys that will help ya out once he gets there :)

i wouldnt be to scared they aint real guns :P

when you get an image out it may be too big to come in one go so this is how i get an image out using a web service [WebMethod] public byte[] GetPic(int iId) { MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); try { string sSql="select Picture from tblPics where id="+iId.ToString(); SqlConnection objConn = new SqlConnection(msConnection); SqlCommand objCommand = new SqlCommand(sSql,objConn); objConn.Open(); SqlDataReader objData = objCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess); int bufferSize = 1024; byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize]; if(objData.Read()) { long startIndex = 0; long retval = objData.GetBytes(0, startIndex, buffer, 0,bufferSize); while (retval == bufferSize) { ms.Write(buffer,0,buffer.Length); startIndex += bufferSize; retval = objData.GetBytes(0, startIndex, buffer, 0, bufferSize); } ms.Write(buffer,0,buffer.Length); } objData.Close(); objConn.Close(); } catch(Exception ex) { Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message); } return ms.GetBuffer(); }

leather feels better. if you ride somewhere that not hot you can get a nice thick jacket that will give you better protection all round than synthetic. if your riding a nice jap sports bike then you may get beaten up for wearing non leather hehe of course you can get teflon impregnated jeans now. i hear they slide very well... you cant go wrong with a black leather jacket!

Hey get back to work or ill tell Jim :P