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Re: Should I take a contract position?

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On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:21:47 -0700 (PDT), kramer31
<kramer.newsreader@gmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>I haven't really worked in a contract position before, so before I
>spend a lot of time interviewing, etc. I have some questions:
>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?

You have much more independence about when and how you work.  You
usually bill by the hour.  The contract is whatever you agree to.
The contractor usually deals with you at arms length. Insurance,
medical care, income tax .. are all your responsibility.
I doubt you will be locked in by either party unless some move was
involved.

You have to provide your own computer, books, tools, Internet
connection.

As it working as an employee, managing to work with the other people
on the project is even more important than your personal programming
skill. The most important thing is a standard code formatter that
everyone uses before checkin. Without that, people quickly come to
blows.


-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
When you were a child, if you did your own experiment
to see if it was better to put to cocoa into your cup first
or the hot milk first, then you likely have the programmer gene..

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Should I take a contract position? kramer31 <kramer.newsreader@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 16:21 -0700
  Re: Should I take a contract position? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 18:28 -0700
    Re: Should I take a contract position? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-04 13:07 -0700
      Re: Should I take a contract position? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-04 14:52 -0700
  Re: Should I take a contract position? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-04 13:01 -0700
    Re: Should I take a contract position? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-04-04 19:27 -0300
  Re: Should I take a contract position? William Colls <william.colls@rogers.com> - 2012-04-04 16:05 -0400
    Re: Should I take a contract position? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-04 18:20 -0700
      Re: Should I take a contract position? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-04-05 07:02 -0300
  Re: Should I take a contract position? Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2012-04-04 23:27 +0300

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