Originally Posted by satchip

All right, I'm going to say something controversial now. Big shock, huh?

Restoration is a pipe dream. The world has changed, the market has changed, our profession has changed. To constantly look to the past and yearn for what was and will never be again is a pipe dream.

We must look forward and attain the highest compensation for our times, not some golden age. Our labor market is subject to many forces and laws that have radically changed since when most of you started this job. It is not 1980, or 1988, or 1992, or 2000 for that matter. It is 2010 and we have a completely different set of conditions that define what level of compensation we are able to achieve.

Put away the pitch forks, i'm not talking about acquiescing at our current level. We can make significant gains and set a new standard for OUR times. First we must understand the things Alfa posed. Then we have to break the shackles of the past and stop judging our success by comparing to the past. We can't turn back the clock.