good day to you all

I would like programmers to answer the following about the market structure of programmers

1. what do I need to be regarded as a programmer in the labor market.
2. how do i charge my customers: I do desktop and web
3. is there any standard for programmers i.e ethics, jargons,society, regulating body etc
4. my pay compared with a network engineer in NIgeria,is it MORE OR LESS

I am actually asking these questions here to get various responses from experts. Feels good to hear from peeps who av gone through what u going through...and for the last question, I love programming and would love to earn a living through it..but u know the Nigerian factor..smilees...its all good
Hon. Fayimora, *dhtml etc I am looking forward to hearing from you, i love your posts,
thanks
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prodam:
1. what do I need to be regarded as a programmer in the labor market.

A hunger for power. Great programmers(if u want to be one) want to dominate the world around themselves. that's the passion that drives you.

2. how do i charge my customers: I do desktop and web

you must enter the market, compete and determine your own competitive strategy, either by lower price or by creating a unique value to charge higher price(eg: apple iphone, ipod, ipad).

3. is there any standard for programmers i.e ethics, jargons,society, regulating body etc

Ethics will concern issues of proper use of technology(eg: human\legal rights, social responsibility), regulations about intellectual and market rights, the rest is up to innovation and creativity. whoever brings the most innovative and useful\marketable technology sets the standard that others follow(eg: apple again, windows, google, youtube, facebook, etc).

4. my pay compared with a network engineer in NIgeria,is it MORE OR LESS

Hmm, put it this way: a guru network-engineer vs a guru programmer, the engineer is the high priest, while the programmer is THE GOD.

but mehn, no be yam o. u gat to pay your dues in "sweat and blood". it's no childs play.

thanks okeyxyz,
I really appreciate your answers and would definitely act right.
do you do asp.net?