At 10:31 27/03/2001 +0100, Jonathan Peterson wrote:
>Rumour has it that many people are bringing tech in house, which is hitting
>conslutancies and agencies harder. I'm still not convinced that there's a
>major downturn in the total number of tech jobs.
That's exactly what we're doing. I have a full development program for the
foreseeable future and we've decided to bring it in house.
We will still use external resources for really tricky bits that we don't
have the knowledge for. My experience is that I get better performance out
of people with a vested interest in the company and what we're doing than
from any outside agency who, for all their protestations and claims of
"partnerships", are still there to make a profit.
That's not to say it doesn't work (my company, Williams Lea, *is* an
outsourcer) but when it's core to your business and changing fast, keeping
it in house makes it easier to control cost and quality.
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We are looking for two perl developers to work on intranet based systems
integration and information/knowledge management projects.
In addition to all the usual requirements, experience with Micro$oft tech
(IIS/VB/MTS) will be an advantage as would exposure to systems integration.
A "corporate tolerant" attitude is also required, to avoid upsetting all
the poor people not doing cool web stuff around here (like the beancounters :)
If you are interested, please let me know off-list.
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Simon.
