Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Education
B.S. Psychology from Pennsylvania State University
I hate whiteboards unless they have funky magnets and its architectural, not algorithms or writing code. So just using it as a means to communicate not as a qualifier tool.
Though, if someone had some kind of "draw me a funny picture", I'd be impressed by the novelty of the request.
Contract to hire
I don't have a problem with this, putting someone on the books is painful if it doesn't work out. Honestly prefer it so tax season is simple so I don't have t4s and submitting for my business.
It depends, I had one startup where it was 1.5 years in and I had to yell all them to put me on the books.
Frequently, the companies that contact you with this, do so having claimed that they researched you before contacting you ...even though any place they might have looked you up clearly states "no interest in contract-to-hire".
Worse is the tendency for "contract to hire" shops to, when trying to convert you, have the compensation/benefits of the permanent gig be far lower than what you'd have accepted had you considered an up-front permanent offer from them.
One consideration I had not thought is maybe contract work is less risky here in Canada since we have so many social programs.
I'm surprised how many times I've been able to convert places that were looking for employee into contract work.
So I would call places to go through initial screening acting like I want to be on the books, so I can get to key decision-maker, change my story, be told they don't want contract, then ask their pain points, and turn around and deliver with something for free and they would then agree to contract.
In fact, I can't think of one time where that didn't work.
Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Education
B.S. Psychology from Pennsylvania State University
The tinfoil-hat part of me says that part of why corporations fight against outsourcing things like healthcare benefits to the government is that they can reduce employee mobility in the US. By making healthcare part of a job, you make it that much more of a pain-in-the ass and that much more risky to jump to other jobs.
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Though, if someone had some kind of "draw me a funny picture", I'd be impressed by the novelty of the request.
Frequently, the companies that contact you with this, do so having claimed that they researched you before contacting you ...even though any place they might have looked you up clearly states "no interest in contract-to-hire".
Worse is the tendency for "contract to hire" shops to, when trying to convert you, have the compensation/benefits of the permanent gig be far lower than what you'd have accepted had you considered an up-front permanent offer from them.
One consideration I had not thought is maybe contract work is less risky here in Canada since we have so many social programs.
I'm surprised how many times I've been able to convert places that were looking for employee into contract work.
So I would call places to go through initial screening acting like I want to be on the books, so I can get to key decision-maker, change my story, be told they don't want contract, then ask their pain points, and turn around and deliver with something for free and they would then agree to contract.
In fact, I can't think of one time where that didn't work.
The tinfoil-hat part of me says that part of why corporations fight against outsourcing things like healthcare benefits to the government is that they can reduce employee mobility in the US. By making healthcare part of a job, you make it that much more of a pain-in-the ass and that much more risky to jump to other jobs.