[Tfug] advice

[Joshua Zeidner]

  thanks for the candid and very funny response!  :)

  conjuring up "Office Space" here...  it is indeed sad that the
bottomless well of Defence money is also the bottomless drain of
endless taxation increase and deficit spending.  I am somewhat
confident that healthcare will improve, at least marginally.

  -jmz

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Joshua Zeidner<jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:09 PM, cara<pinkgranite at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:18 PM, cara<pinkgranite at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Matt Jacob <matt at mattjacob.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 09:48, cara<pinkgranite at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > I had 4 friends tell me that working for HealthTrio was a nightmare.
>>> >> > I
>>> >> > think
>>> >> > one guy even got cheated out of a months pay. TekWork tried to place
>>> >> > me
>>> >> > there! They totally think HealthTrio is the bees knees of clients.
>>> >> > Turn
>>> >> > 180
>>> >> > degrees and run for your life!
>>> >>
>>> >> Who said anything about HealthTrio?
>>> >
>>> > The post is about TekWork! Also, before trying to place me with the
>>> > company,
>>> > they claimed that the development team was very stable. If it's so
>>> > stable,
>>> > why do I know 4 people in town who walked?
>>>
>>>  If they are emphasizing that chances are it is anything but.
>>> Another good way to size up an opportunity is to figure out /why/
>>> you're being hired.  Are you replacing someone?  Is there an existing
>>> code base?
>>
>> Defense contractors often just have money to burn. A large percentage of the
>> staff does very little during the work day.
>>
>>>
>>> What happened to the person who wrote it?
>>
>> At my last place of employment, they are still there, obfuscating code and
>> trying to buff a turd into an enterprise system (immensely painful) .
>>
>>>
>>>  (btw it is FAR
>>> more economical for the creator of code to be the supporter of code,
>>> if the situation is something other than this there is usually a
>>> hidden reason).  Being an expert code kludger has very little job
>>> security, no prestige, and high stress.
>>
>> Actually, if you have a security clearance, the pay is excellent.
>>
>>>
>>>  I estimate someone can keep
>>> up work like that for about 5 years at the most.
>>
>> I made it 4 years.
>>>
>>> Has the company
>>> expanded?  contracted? are you in an expanding or contracting sector?
>>> Will you be building out new features?
>>>
>>>  These things are very important to consider when assessing a job.  I
>>> find it amazing how little work people put into the job assessment
>>> process as compared with the amount of effort they put in working a
>>> position.  -jmz
>>>
>>> > They lie. Be careful using TekWork.
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> M
>>> >>
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