My coworker is from Belarus. Bah! I feel for you having to work with them. I have another coworker from Moscow and when I asked him why Aleksandr acted the way he does he said to me, "Do you know that movie that has the banjo playing and the people without teeth and they have sex with the men in the canoe? That could have been filmed in Belarus"
On Feb 28, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Crow T. Robot wrote: > Yea, we have several telecommuters working around the country > (literally) > and some dev firm in Belarus (blech). While they work out for the > most > part, they are too expensive to keep on long-term and not being able > to be > in the office at least once every couple weeks is quite a hindrance. > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> There's always the option of hiring telecommuters.. may not be in >> your >> area but if you're comfortable with it, it'd open up a lot of choice >> for you. >> >> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:08 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Crow T. Robot < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> It is a real shame, but there seems to be a real shortage out there >> right >>>> now. We've got about 3 positions we could fill *right now* but >>>> can't >> even >>>> get a decent applicant. Only one senior position , the other two >> junior. >>>> It's crazy how little activity there is in the CF developer >>>> community >>>> around >>>> here. >>>> >>>> We're branching out to other technologies too, but for different >> reasons. >>>> Going with a non-CF solution for some web apps certainly helps us >>>> alleviate >>>> the staffing problems a little, though. >>>> >>> >>> That is interesting. I had no idea there was a CF labor shortage out >> there. >>> >>> You think people are starting to buy into the "CF is dying" myth >>> that >> has >>> been going on for years now? Shifting away from CF because they >>> don't >> think >>> they can get a job doing that? >>> >>> I know a guy in my office here was telling me that he does not >>> list CF >> on >>> his resume anymore. That made absolutely NO sense to me....but he >> seemed >>> proud of it. All I could figure was that he'd bought into the >> scam...that CF >>> was dying/dead. >>> >>> Or do you think it's less sinister than that: .NET positions tend to >> pay a >>> little better. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> My word's but a whisper >>> Your deafness, a shout >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255079 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
