Well as most of you may already know we at Student Nerds are looking for a programmer to complete what we feel will make our site a successful venture. The tricky part about starting a website is finding the right people to help you get your product to market quickly and effectively. Recently (in the last two weeks) we have been searching for a PHP/Facebook API specialist and we got a quote which I felt was a little ridiculous for the amount of work.
Now, we aren’t completely incapable of doing this ourselves. We have basic knowledge of programming and Praz can program on his own, but is not as effective as someone who can do it full time. So we reached out to someone on the 
Facebook developer site, and got a quote of $4,500. This guy was the novice compared to the other guy we messaged. This is a college kid who wants to charge that amount of money, and my guess is he has people beating down his door for that price, during a Recession! If a college kid can make $4500 in a job that could be completed in under a month, then why aren’t there more colleges/companies teaching the skills necessary. If I were unemployed and looking for somewhere to focus my energy I would spend 100% of my time learning the programming languages that big companies seek out. This is something that is widely published on the web and you can even take online tutorials to teach yourself and it cost’s nothing more than an internet connection and a computer. Below are a couple sites that can get you started if you want to start learning now.
PHP Information
Java Script Information
Facebook Connect
