Chipping the web: May 14th
May 14th, 2010 10:00:13 am pst by Sterling Camden
- Consultants must meet deadlines | Career Management | TechRepublic.com
Must we?
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Interesting…
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I used one of those Infotons like the one in the last picture — no lower case!
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On “Consultants must meet deadlines | Career Management” from the Tech Rep… short answer = No. No we don’t always have to meet anything. Employees do, independent contractors do not always have to meet deadlines imposed from someone else. Unless of course that was specifically specified in the Contract ~AND~ no changes or modifications had been requested in the interim. That is a very rare occurrence these days. Usually a company or person, at the beginning of a project, doesn’t even know, or can’t predict, what outcome they would like to see at the final stage. But of course most would like it on time.
This topic really is a pet peeve for me anyway… My response = “Your lack of prior planning, does not constitute an emergency on my part.” just my 2 € cents. -d (Hallo to all BTW)
Hey, dawgit — good to hear from you. Yep, I avoid committing to deadlines where possible, for the reasons you stated.
Loved the Geek ABCs (:
That was pretty fun. At my first computer job in 1978, we had one of those Infotons like the one shown in the “Zork” picture. Although the screen itself was small, the box that contained it was huge and heavy. The keyboard had no lowercase characters, only uppercase. I remember staring at the AOS equivalent of ‘top’ (I think it was called PED) for hours.
At my first computer job in 1978
For some reason that makes me feel old (I was born in 1978).
My first computer was a Commodore64 and I don’t think we had it long.
I bought a C64 in 1983 — too bad I didn’t keep it.
Yeah, might need it for a prior art claim.
I sure had fun programming sprites — in the C64 assembler.
Back when I was in NJ (we moved to TN when I was 10) I thought computers were the most amazing things. I didn’t have the first clue about how they worked though (and I think I’m heading back that way ): )