On 22 Jul 98, at 23:20, Thomas F. Maher, Jr. wrote:
> interviewed with Allaire, which was a no go, and currently interviewing
> for yet another web development perm position at Webavoire at
> http://www.webivoure.com/ and Miller Systems at
> http://www.millersystems.com/
Hey, I have been looking for a computer related job for almost 2
years and only found one that paid anything decent. Don't give up.
> But what is funny is that even though I didn't hear from Trinity that I
> didn't get the job, they seemed to have remembered me...
Yes, same thing happened to me. The interviewer told me he
thought I might be too qualified for the job. It was he who referred
me to a local developer who needed some heavy web/database
work (turned that into about $4,000).
> Hrm... If it is a go, maybe I can ask for 30% down, 30% when the web site
> is half done, and 30% when the web site is completed. I'd be able to pay
I would certainly ask for at least 50%. I just had a request for a job
and I really wasn't too sure the customer was serious. I told him
send me 50% of the invoice and I would bill the the other 50% 30
days after job was done. He sent the check.
If they are serious they will pay. They may not believe you are
serious and so play this by ear or ... whatever, but I would always
request 50% up front from any new customer.
Be very careful that you and they decide on what is going to be
done before you begin to do it. Otherwise you will work forever.
> this months rent, then hold out another couple of months while I continue
> looking for perm employment, to add the dash of seasoning I would get in a
> real world corporate environment. Heh! Might get better chances of a perm
> position if I add another client to my web portfolio...
Maybe. But I doubt it. I think that corpoate looks for .... must be
something I don't understand. I know of 2 corporate webmasters
who should be ashamed to call themselves webmasters and the
corporations should be ashamed of hiring them. In one case you
have someone who can use front-page judging the work of a
professional designer (this webmaster would have loved the blink
tag if he had been around then).
Might be a good thread to discuss how to get a web job with a
corporation as opposed to a local ISP or local web developer.
Peter
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