[CTJUG Forum] Re: Employment

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:37:50 -0700

I think this phenomenon is the result of the industry... a lot of us do 3-6-12 month contracts - (so far I still have to get a permanent job offer myself) - the whole nature of the coding bussiness is that you come in do the work and disappear when done. (The up side is that you sometimes get paid a bit better than permanent staff - but that is another issue..).

As a result no long term relationships develops (as in for example investment of time) between employers and coders -  the traditional idea of doing "apprenticeship" time falls away and you have to deliver the movent you start working. Since many big companies are frustrated with the idea of hiring staff that does not deliver the moment they step into work they resort to using agents... who are just a cover for harder working/firing conditions, and get some of the fat in return. They also don't want to deliver unexperienced coders, (= unhappy emplyer and no fat) so there is no chance for you there.

So in the modern version of the apprenticeship is as follows: eventually you find someone with a tight enough budget to give you a try (he knows you are desparate and is willing to exploit that ! )--- hold on tight (for the lowest salary ever and the longest working hours) -- but after that you have the experience and are able to ask for what is due....
my say for the day..C

On 7/5/06, FBulovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Clint Lewis wrote:
> FOOD FOR THOUGHT
>
> So what does a fresh graduate with no experience fall under and also how
> does a graduate become a junior if companies are looking for Juniors
> with 1 years experience?
>
> Kind Regards
> Clint Lewis
>
>
>
> FBulovic wrote:
> > Qualification and more than one year of development in Java will do.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >

There is few options:
1. find employer which does not require experience
2. join some open source project (or start yours) so that you can gain
experience
3. invent required experience

I am not working on that project and I am not making any decisions
related to it (I work on Symbian OS in C++), but about experience I can
tell you that I am willing to give job to any decent coder and usually
people fresh from university need some time to become coders. On the
other hand some project managers (all of them) just trying to finish
job and they do not find time, founding and so on to introduce people
without work experience to their companies. Again who would risk money
and time to educate beginner when in year or so that beginner wants to
move to another company (naturally looking for better salary than one
which goes with junior position).

Regards
FBulovic



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