On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bob La Quey wrote:
>
>> Yeh. Also the specific question, again review the actual BList
>> challenge, is far too small to be a "free labor" deal. These guys
>> have multilmillion dollars of VC money. They really do not need to
>> slurp even $10,000 worth of "free labor." They will likely pay
>> the person they hire $80,000 to $120,000 per year plus stock
>> options. It makes _no_ sense for them to steal a few thousand
>> dollars worth of code.
>
> Um, so?
>
> Surprisingly, capitalization does not seem to affect those kinds of folks.

Point accepted. It may even attact them.
>
> I have seen managers collect pencils at the end of the day in multibillion
> dollar companies.  One manager decided he needed to save $2.00 per day on
> electricity and would turn the Versatec plotter on-and-off
> continuously--burning out a $20,000 part on it.  I have seen companies try
> to get interviewers to fix their bugs (as a consultant, I see this in about
> 20% of the folks I get called in for--needless to say we don't do business)
> in the interview.
>
> Chiselers don't care.
>
> While I chastised Gabriel's attitude, I'm also not stupid.  Bastards exist
> and will try to take advantage of you.  The trick is to try not to carry the
> attitude over from the bad ones to one that might be good.

I understand all that. But I play a looser game with a larger upside
than some consulting in mind. I lose more than you do almost certainly.
I have, I suspect, also had some pretty good upsides. One consequence
though is that while I might be hiring from time to time I am not looking
for a job.

I might also be broke. Such is life.

Babe Ruth led the majors in strike outs as well as home runs.

Go for the bleachers. Don't sweat the small stuff.

BobLQ


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