On 22 Mar 2006 07:07:52 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richards.Bob) wrote:
>Ron, > >I do not understand it here either. Until the recession in 2002, both Mark >Zelden and I were contractors. I believe our clients were more than satisfied >with our level of expertise and the efforts we put forth for those >corporations. I know that I spent a lot of time, after work, striving to >maintain skill currency without using the clients time and resources to do it. >I have also contracted outside the USA and agree with your observations in >that respect. > >I suppose that some of the contractor resentment stems from the fact that the >local staff may or may not have had the necessary skills or time for the >project at hand, and then some "hired gun" comes in making more money than the >local staff. Nature takes its course and emotions come into play, especially >if the local staff perceives that there is not a good reason for their >presence or that their skill set is not really any superior to the locals own >talents. As someone who has been both, I have seen the gamut on both sides. Some of the big firms have been known to bill junior people at high rates. The people on this list who know me through my postings and participation in SHARE can make judgments about where I fit on the spectrum. I am aware that while I still know the basics and a lot of the arcana that still exists, much has drastically changed and that in many ways, I am far less valuable than someone with 1 - 2 years experience. I have been surprised sometimes at how I can impress people by reading the manuals and then getting things out the systems they weren't able to. This was when I had to learn about the facility (like BLSR). Basically I'm decent at borrowing the client's watch to tell them the time. (Also the CBT tape watch). > >Bob > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
