[SunRescue] Leasing Employees

Dan Lane rescue at sunhelp.org
Thu Mar 29 05:45:38 CST 2001


The simple answer and the gateway to any job in IT... Technical Support :)

At least, thats the way it is here in the UK.

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Dan Lane (d at x11.net)

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Michael Free sent the following on Thu, 29 Mar 2001...

> You know, I wouldn't mind trying a travelling job for a while, if for any
> reason just to burn the travel bug out of me (constant yearning to drive
> from knoxville to minneapolis...again...the third time...)
>
> My only problem with finding any job, _anywhere_ is that it's hard to even
> get my foot in the door for an interview when I have nothing to stick on a
> resume.
>
> I can build a PC from parts in 15 minutes flat....but no A+
> got basic networking skills, some say advanced.....no certification
> got digital logic design training, college level......no degree
> i can change head gaskets and rebuild trannys....no ASE cert
> tought myself basic, C, fortran, perl, unix script, lalala...no proof
>
> I'm stuck :)
>
> Mike Free
>
> hrmm....maybe the 3.5's and 4.0's in the college english courses are trying
> to tell me i'm attempting the wrong professions.... or i need to clean up my
> emails :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Byrne <chris at chrisbyrne.com>
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Date: Thursday, March 29, 2001 12:50 AM
> Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Leasing Employees
>
>
> >Welcome to my world Jon my boy ;-)
> >
> >I burned out on that after two straight years of being home two, maybe thre
> >days a week if I was lucky. I quit, slept for a month, and then started
> >looking for a 0% travel job.
> >
> >If you make it to 24 doing that I'd be surprised, thought there are a few
> >hardy souls out there who can do it forever.
> >
> >Chris Byrne
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> >Behalf Of Jonathan Katz
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 21:15
> >To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> >Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Leasing Employees
> >
> >
> >Bill wrote:
> >> Dude, I am trying SO hard to not make some kind of
> >> prostitute joke here... 8-)
> >
> >I know you are. I know there are about a dozen things
> >you can say, and I'm just going to dig the hole deeper.
> >
> >I freely admit I am whore :) I work for a company which
> >pimps out my skills to the highest bidder. They take
> >their cut and I get mine. The company uses their cut, in
> >part, to train and educate me so I have more skills. My
> >skillset grows; my knowledge becomes more in-depth and
> >my skills more finely-tuned. Therefore they can charge
> >a client more for my services and the services that I
> >can provider are more specialized (rare) and things a
> >customer will pay more for.
> >
> >The nice part is I've finally found a company that at
> >least pretends to appreciate the things I do for them
> >and for various clients-- they sent me on a trip to
> >Hawaii (but cancelled it due to budget cuts) and give
> >me quarterly bonuses (analagous to crack rocks?) for
> >superior performance and keeping my ass in hotel rooms
> >more than in my own house.
> >
> >The scary thing is I'm afraid I'm going to burn out,
> >and I'm only 22.
> >
> >-Jon
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