[Tfug] advice

[Joshua Zeidner]

  My advice to just about anyone remotely involved in software dev:
Dont Buy the Startup Image!

  look at the basics when assessing an employment opportunity:

   Management structure and principles
   Salary
   Benefits
   Position

  things to look out for:

   'You have to wear many hats here'   translation: This job will be a
big fat hole in your resume.

   'You can wear flip flops to work!'  translation:  We dont take
ourselves or you seriously.

   'Job Titles?'  translation: We dont really have a business plan or structure.

  We are far past the late 90s... don't forget the uberstartup,
Netscape, *never turned a profit*.  People seem to forget how the
'startup' myth really ended.  Best of luck, jmz




On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:44 AM, <doug1 at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>  do any of you have advice for a out of work IT employee? Would you suggest
> going to a temp. agency?
>
> doug
>
>
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