Survey: interest in subcontract development

[Jay]

Hi Vaughn. You might want to subscribe to the GeekJobs list and post this
same question there too. You can find it at:

  http://geekjobs.org

~Jay



On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Vaughn Treude wrote:

> Hello all:
> 	I've been an independent consultant for seven years now-- what that actually
> means is that I'm a contractor, but I don't go through the body shops because
> I have my own corporation.  Anyway, I've always thought about looking for
> work on more of a project basis, but I don't have a list of people who'd be
> willing to help.  So I was wondering, how many of you plug folks (a) are
> professional developers, preferably C/C++ and/or SQL or other DBMS (b) still
> reside in the Phoenix area and (c) would be interest in doing subcontract
> work? (in Linux, of course)  I have nothing lined  up at the moment, but I've
> realized that in these lean economic times, I have to make my own work,
> unless I'm willing to take whatever a recruiter feels like handing me.  I'm
> not looking for any commitments, just a rough idea of what the interest would
> be within PLUG or elsewhere.  Also, I'm not interested in making big bucks
> off other peoples' work, I'd just like to be able to tackle something a
> little more challenging than doing work by the hour.  And yes, I have done
> flat-rate projects, too (as an individual contracting for someone else), so I
> have a reasonable acquaintance with work statements, milestones, and the like.
> 	One thing I've noticed is how many small businesses have networked computer
> systems these days, and I was wondering how many of them would be interested
> in saving money by using Linux servers rather than NT.  We could use Samba,
> of course, so they wouldn't have to wean their clerks off Windows.   (This is
> about the full extent of my "market research" so far.)
> 	I'd greatly appreciate any feedback or comments.
>
> Vaughn Treude
> Nakota Software, Inc.
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