Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!goblin1!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed2.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!fi.sn.net!newsfeed1.tdcnet.fi!news.song.fi!not-for-mail From: Jukka Lahtinen Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Should I take a contract position? Organization: none References: <3beece65-8860-4386-aa2a-61b7e1d025d9@px4g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> X-no-archive: yes Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:27:08 +0300 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FghnSGueYguVrKDZnKctC3QqCPc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.17.207.67 X-Trace: 1333571400 news.tdc.fi 4355 81.17.207.67:34279 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tdcnet.fi Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:13389 kramer31 writes: > 1) Do contracts usually stipulate a minimum amount of time that a dev > will work at a position? Are there penalties for leaving early (in > case I find something more to my taste) > 2) Do these contract positions provide insurance usually? > 2) Any other sage words from people who have done contract work? All of this probably depends on which country your contrat is in. You didn't mention it. -- Jukka Lahtinen