In addition to the 'Contractor vs. employee' split there is also the 'professional vs "company man"' comparison
Do I do what is best for the people who cut my check, could be a widget maker or a consultant body shop. example: An Enron person going to any length to make his firm look good Do I do what is best for my profession say insist on software service even in location that is change / update resistant. Contractor vs employee professional vs company man both assume the technical person is submissive to some higher authority Given declining job security outsourcing automation Perhaps technical people should be thinking off improving protection of there personal needs / rights instead of what ever big brother happens to be mentioned. Time has come where the places we do work should be regarded as Clients rather than Masters. Avram Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:20:39 -0500, Richard Tsujimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Clark wrote: >>Having read Bob Shannon's comment about contractors breaking the >>watch, have I been elevated to the lofty category of consultant >>because I normally didn't break the programs or system? If it weren't >>for Bob's great service to SHARE and to the field, I might really get >>annoyed. > >Having been a consultant/contractor for over 26 years (I did try being an >employee for about 8 yrs), I've learned to accept the sniping - it goes >with the territory. It's pointless to get into a pissing match. In >truth, there's incompetency on both sides of the fence, as well as some >very good people. But, I do take exception to that comment about the >difference between a consultant and contractor. A contractor would simply >pocket the watch after telling the customer the time. We're a lot more >subtle than consultants. <grin> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
