On 2/9/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sean... > > I have nothing against Fusebox at all. I think I've made that pretty clear. > I have respect for their product, even if I don't personally use it. > > Your first paragraph though is the crux of the problem. Companies EXPECT > people to work for free to get a "prize". That's wrong and it's > unreasonable. I would never do a design for free just to get a job. What if > someone wanted you to write an app for them just to be considered for a > position? Would you do it? > > What if this was a coding contest to write the best function to do X. When I > design websites, (I started off as a designer, before moving into > programming by the way), I budget at least 20-30 hours. Would you be willing > to spend 30 hours writing a function that might never even get used because > someone elses was better?
(just to be perfectly clear...i'm not sean, but...) It depends. Risk vs. Reward. If the potential reward was the job of a lifetime... my dream job (etc etc), I'd be willing to invest some time into writing something. I spent more than 20-30 hours on the Blackjack contest, and lord knows nobody's going to use my entry. But it was fun, and I learned quite a bit (the latter being the reason I entered in the first place). That's actually a great example. I didn't enter that contest for the prize. Didn't need the prize. I entered because I thought that, for me, it would be a good learning experience (and it was). The "prize" isn't always the motivation. -- Charlie Griefer ================================================ "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269357 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
