[thelist] Offering contracts: Opinions on Etiquette?
Luther, Ron
Ron.Luther at COMPAQ.com
Mon Nov 6 07:43:15 CST 2000
Hi Gang,
Interesting debate ...
Another viewpoint:
I was (very!) recently looking for a new job. :-)
Early on in my search I "flunked" a telephone interview - because I didn't
have a personal site to point the prospective employer to. For me, that was
an 'eye-opener'.
I decided it was MY responsibility to work up some examples to showcase the
kinds of things I could do for a new employer.
I bought a domain name. I bought hosting. I spent late nights throwing
together "rough" similations of work I had done for other folks. That
allowed me to show working code to an interviewer and say things like "Yeah
- this uses MS Access - but I've done similar stuff for ABC Company using
Oracle. I'd have used Oracle here - but it's very expensive!"
I thought that was a reasonable way to go.
(The cost of the name and hosting is a very small investment for someone
looking for a 'real' job to make.)
Basically I think a prospect ought to be willing to tell you about the work
they've done for others ... but only show you the code on their personal
site.
My 2¢
Ron L.
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