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The frustrations of being a contractor

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  • L Lost User

    Please warn me if the stresses become too much

    Take a chill pill, Daddy-o .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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    Member 96
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    Why? Do you want to watch? ;)


    "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

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      Why? Do you want to watch? ;)


      "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

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      Paul Watson
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      It takes a few minutes for his satellite linked directly to YouTube to get into position...

      regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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      At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

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      • S StevenWalsh

        Why do I continue to contract when I work 50-60 hours, creating systems that ultiamtely end up saving hundreds of thousands of dollars... only to be forced to share a small cube. All the while a set of interns are running around completely cluess, and with full cubes.

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        Steve Naidamast
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        I have been working for years trying to get my own business started. I have had enough of incompetent, arrogant bosses and all the political crap that comes with being an employee. I was a consultant for 3 years and much preferred the situation until constant rate cuts forced me and many others back into wage slavery... Who cares how much money you save the company you have an income and you are more on your own than us "trench runners"...

        Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@ix.netcom.com

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        • M Member 96

          Cube? Mwhahahahahah...my office is 2.69 acres of parklike bliss that I can run around on fully naked at any time I please if the stresses should become too much. ;)


          "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

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          Jaime Olivares
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          The frustation of being a contractor outside USA is that you don't qualify to a Visa, because the embassy says you don't have "enough strong ties" with your country, even if you have a 12-year family and a 2-acres country house like me. :(

          Best regards, Jaime.

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          • S StevenWalsh

            Why do I continue to contract when I work 50-60 hours, creating systems that ultiamtely end up saving hundreds of thousands of dollars... only to be forced to share a small cube. All the while a set of interns are running around completely cluess, and with full cubes.

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            Mike Lang
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            It's better than being an employee working 50+ hours in your own cube, and being paid for 40 hours of work.

            Michael Lang (versat1474) http://www.xquisoft.com/[^]

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            • M Member 96

              Nice! We have almost to much too manage as it is. We planted over 400 cedar trees by hand around the outside permiter, fenced it all, put in over a kilomerter of hand built gravel trails, planted 29 species of bamboo etc etc. If we had even an acre more it would become a full time job.


              "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

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              I. Hate. You. Both. ;P. Just kidding. I'm perfectly happy with my 10x10 home office/bedroom and the roommate who's been passed out on the couch for 3 days from a bender following his unplanned "leave of absence" of employment.

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              • P Paul Watson

                It takes a few minutes for his satellite linked directly to YouTube to get into position...

                regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:

                At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

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                Member 96
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                :laugh:


                "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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                • M Member 3899595

                  I. Hate. You. Both. ;P. Just kidding. I'm perfectly happy with my 10x10 home office/bedroom and the roommate who's been passed out on the couch for 3 days from a bender following his unplanned "leave of absence" of employment.

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                  I don't know about the other guy but I've been there where you are now so I can sympathize.


                  "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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                  • S StevenWalsh

                    Why do I continue to contract when I work 50-60 hours, creating systems that ultiamtely end up saving hundreds of thousands of dollars... only to be forced to share a small cube. All the while a set of interns are running around completely cluess, and with full cubes.

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                    BunnyFaber
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                    Don't forget having to park in the "contractor lot" which is a 10 minute walk down the road.

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                    • M Member 96

                      Whoa! Seriously? I know a whole bunch of palm tree collectors and growers that would a) Love to see pictures of everything there and b) would probably come and take them off your hands if there were any small transportable ones.


                      "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

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                      nullPtr420
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                      My office is on the 14th floor in Manhattan. I get free food, free drinks (soda, coffee, tea, beer), and I'm a 14 floor elevator ride from some of the finest aspiring-model pedestrians in the world.

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                      • M Member 96

                        Why? Do you want to watch? ;)


                        "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

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                        Lost User
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                        While I appreciate the offer ...

                        Take a chill pill, Daddy-o .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                        • S StevenWalsh

                          Why do I continue to contract when I work 50-60 hours, creating systems that ultiamtely end up saving hundreds of thousands of dollars... only to be forced to share a small cube. All the while a set of interns are running around completely cluess, and with full cubes.

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                          yogihw
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                          Still better than being asked to build a website for a company (full-fledged, complete with multi-language capability, custom forms, dynamic header, inline editing, etc.etc.etc.etc.)... for FREE!

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                          • M Member 96

                            Nice! We have almost to much too manage as it is. We planted over 400 cedar trees by hand around the outside permiter, fenced it all, put in over a kilomerter of hand built gravel trails, planted 29 species of bamboo etc etc. If we had even an acre more it would become a full time job.


                            "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

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                            Logic Chip
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                            I raise your 5 acres and trees and bamboo with 9 gees and one duck which I let the kids feed while I play my 6 guitars

                            Logic Chip

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                            • S StevenWalsh

                              Why do I continue to contract when I work 50-60 hours, creating systems that ultiamtely end up saving hundreds of thousands of dollars... only to be forced to share a small cube. All the while a set of interns are running around completely cluess, and with full cubes.

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                              I don't know about you, but I assume that you get paid for every hour you work unlike the poor employee that you share a cube with. Plus - and this is a BIG PLUS ...... you are pretty much exempt from all the office politics. Your not in those little employee meetings where the "SH%T Rolls Downhill" methods are heavily employeed. I have been in this business for over 35 years both as an employee and a contractor - in my opinion the contractor side is better.:cool:

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                              • M Member 96

                                Nice! We have almost to much too manage as it is. We planted over 400 cedar trees by hand around the outside permiter, fenced it all, put in over a kilomerter of hand built gravel trails, planted 29 species of bamboo etc etc. If we had even an acre more it would become a full time job.


                                "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

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                                I find that, as a contractor, the extra variety, experience, and income more than compensate me for the fact that I often must work in a broom closet. BTW: I live on 80 Acres of original aspen parkland forest with my wife who was born sometime after I wrote my first computer program.

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                                  I find that, as a contractor, the extra variety, experience, and income more than compensate me for the fact that I often must work in a broom closet. BTW: I live on 80 Acres of original aspen parkland forest with my wife who was born sometime after I wrote my first computer program.

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                                  Nice! :)


                                  "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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