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[cara]

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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