Thank you for your comments Lance. It's good to know people can get something from my sites.
Of course, I have selfish reasons for building these sites and that is to promote myself - as well as Witango. Certainly geography can be a huge factor in landing those really great jobs (and I know I've been luckier than some), but it's not everything. My employer shutdown recently so now I'm unemployed and trying the self-employed "independent" route. The Internet is world wide, so exploit that. Also, the kind of technology you employ is not the "only" factor in attracting new work. Many times, especially after the dot-boom era, the client just needs to know you're "knowledgeable" and the kind of character that "will" carry the project through to the end. And whether you're sitting across the table from them, or exchanging email - don't promise them the moon, be honest about their expectations. If your client is shopping a job around and is worth dealing with, more often than not, after they have had a taste of what other outfits "promise" - they will want to go with honesty. Good Luck. Let us know if there is anything we can do. Cheers.... Scott Cadillac, Witango.org - http://witango.org 403-281-6090 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Information for the Witango Developer Community --------------------- XML-Extranet - http://xml-extra.net 403-281-6090 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Well-formed Development (for hire) --------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Lance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Witango Wide Adoption? a little OT > > > Scott Cadillac wrote: > > >My belief is that we have to do most of it ourselves - or else, by > >definition it's not a community anymore. > > > >My approach is sharing information and code http://witango.org and > >http://xml-extra.net , because I believe the more I give > away, the more I'll > >get back. > > > yes. that is one cool site that you got over there and i am really > impressed by what you have did. > > >Coding Tango and Witango has supported me with a full-time > job for the last > >4 years, so I'll continue supporting it as long as the > product is still > >being developed - which it is. > > > i wish i could have your kinda experience (having a full-time > job) with > (wi)tango. i believe geographic location does matters. over in my > country (singapore), hardly anyone here knows what (wi)tango > is and thus > won't wanna invest into it. we can show them that (wi)tango > can build a > spaceship (just exagerating) but they won't give it another look. > > >Remember, ColdFusion continues to support developers as > well, and that > >support is returned constantly by their community - and it > was never free. > > > >As for the Witango business plan? I can't say. But I think > Witango is much > >more akin to ColdFusion than PHP, especially when it comes > to a serious > >business solution. So it's hard to say if the "free" PHP > approach would help > >elevate Witango's reputation. > > > yes. no one can tell if that will work or not work. > > >Are you coming to the Conference in San Diego? I'll buy you > a beer and we'll > >chat some more :-) > > > > > i wish i could. but its just too far away from where i am and > its beyond > my budget... > > best regards, > lance > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf
