Steve Erbach
erbachs at gmail.com
Fri Feb 18 08:19:12 CST 2005
Jim, Andy, Tom, Thank you for taking this survey. You may select one prize each from the middle shelf. Just kidding! I don't know very many people that either make a living doing what I do or who work for a company doing what I do. Things haven't been that great lately and I'm beginning to wonder whether it's worth it to continue as an independent. Steve Erbach On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:08:37 -0000, Tom Bolton <tom.bolton at donnslaw.co.uk> wrote: > The abridged edition: > > 1) Currently Access/Informix/SQL Server > 2) Used to be web-based dev., and desperate to be again (one day - my team > leader subscribes to this list!!!) > 3) Company, 250 employees, one of 5 systems developers on a rolling > contract > 4) No > > Cheers > Tom Briefly 1.Access development. 2.Similar work. 3.Independent. 4.No. -- Andy Lacey 1. Access Development. I'm actually assigned to Proposal Operations. However, it includes more and more Access development for clients and in-house support. 2. I'm doing more development. I'm still using the same tools with an emphasis on Access 2000. 3. I work for a company. We have about 450 employees - of which, 350 have been hired in the last 3 years. I am the "technical" advisor for the department. We have five personnel assigned. 4. No certifications. It seems our clients don't care about the certifications, especially when we can show them a sample of the database work we can do. Note: In the last few weeks, I have been asked to work "on the side" as a developer several times. Recently, I answered a call to a potential client and our contracting department recommended I do the work as an independent. Granted, the amount of work was small, but our company has no vehicle to handle clients that only need advice or that need only a few hours of time. The work is out there. Jim